Cartoonists react to the news of Michele Bachmann retiring from Congress: © Stuart Carlson © Clay Bennett © Chan Lowe © Mike Luckovich
“Last night at midnight, former Congressman Anthony Weiner officially announced in an online video that he is running for mayor of New York. Nothing says ‘I put my sleazy past behind me’ like showing a video on the Internet at midnight.” –Conan O’Brien “During a Senate hearing yesterday, Senator John McCain said it was too […]
Heck, I leave town for a few days and irony abounds! Michele Bachmann has announced that she will not seek reelection. Will she run for some other office, or is she pulling a Palin?
Is this real? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/27/1211908/-The-Onion-Calls-it-Quits
“A lot of people are criticizing President Obama, including Michelle Obama. She recently said she could take a whole afternoon and talk about Barack’s failures. She was immediately hired by Fox News.” – Conan O’Brien “Michelle Obama gave a commencement at a high school in Nashville. The first lady said about her husband, ‘I could […]
“President Obama’s had a rough couple of weeks with the big Benghazi scandal, the IRS scandal, and the phone tapping scandal. And now he has to replace all four ‘American Idol’ judges.” – David Letterman “President Obama is in a lot of hot water lately. Despite the scandals, 53 percent of Americans say they approve […]
“IRS: No one needs to avoid scandals more than you. You’re less popular with Americans than exercise.” – Seth Meyers “I mean really, the government only keeps you around to make the DMV look good.” – Amy Poehler “Really, Tea Party? Really? You’re surprised that you’re targeted by the IRS? You named yourself after a […]
“If you think Benghazi is worse than slavery, the Trail of Tears, Japanese internment, Tuskegee, purposefully injecting Guatemalan mental patients with syphilis, lying about WMDs, and the fact that banks today are still foreclosing on mortgages they don’t own, then your hard-on for Obama has lasted more than four hours, and you need to call […]
Political Irony is five years old this month! Happy Birthday! I’ll be on vacation for two weeks, camping out in the middle of nowhere (seriously, on an island even!). So posts might be rather, um, infrequent.
“It has not been a good week for President Obama. You’ve got Benghazi, the IRS scandal, this AP records scandal, and, worst of all, his Chicago Bulls got eliminated by the Miami Heat. Do you know what that means? LeBron James is going to get audited by the IRS.” – Jay Leno “I was outside […]
“Have you folks been paying attention to what’s going on in Washington? In a matter of six weeks we have three big scandals, and it looks like President Obama and all his buddies in the White House may go to prison. Finally, some good news for the Romney campaign.” – David Letterman “Here’s the problem. […]
© Matt Bors Isn’t it the job of the IRS to investigate tax-exempt organizations to make sure they really are legal? I sure want the IRS investigating organizations who accept anonymous money and spend it to affect elections. Not to mention tax-exempt organizations who put up websites advocating overthrow of the US government or not […]
“Today the White House unveiled its latest high-tech weapon: the IRS audit.” – Jay Leno “Did you hear about this? The IRS has admitted they were targeting conservative groups. President Obama called it outrageous and said he would immediately have his Benghazi investigators look into it.” – Jay Leno “I love what IRS commissioner Steve […]
“The IRS has now admitted that they targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. That’s why Mitt Romney wanted to be president so bad — to keep the IRS off his back.” – Jay Leno “Well, congratulations, President Barack Obama, Conspiracy theorists who generally can survive in anaerobic environments have just had an algae bloom dropped […]
