Washington Post editorial cartoon

[Value Buy]

Talk about politically and immorally incorrect..........

www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-blasts-washington-post-cartoon-daughters-monkeys-n484901

Cruz is not black, but if this was President Obama and his children depicted eight years ago, I think we would be on fire here, burning our keyboards out.

Of course they have retracted the cartoon, like that makes a difference.

[busymom]

I've never approved of attacking any children of candidates.  I also think it is in very poor taste to pick on the President's children. (I can remember kids getting picked on all the way back to the Carter Administration). Let's keep our criticisms on the issues, & avoid attacking people or their children. 

[sesfw]

Let's keep our criticisms on the issues, & avoid attacking people or their children.

[swamp]

If you use your kids for political props, which is appears to have done, don't be surprised if you get called on it.

However, I still think it was in poor taste and picking on little kids is just mean.

[billisonboard]

Sen. Ted Cruz launched an "emergency" appeal seeking to raise $1 million in 24 hours in response to a ...

Was there sound to go with the cartoon? Here would be my choice:


So Cruz is using this depiction of his children as a way to make money just like an organ grinder uses dancing monkeys to get attention to raise money. Got it.

[djAdvocate]

Dec 23, 2015 6:57:09 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Talk about politically and immorally incorrect..........

www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-blasts-washington-post-cartoon-daughters-monkeys-n484901

Cruz is not black, but if this was President Obama and his children depicted eight years ago, I think we would be on fire here, burning our keyboards out.

Of course they have retracted the cartoon, like that makes a difference.

of course it does.  you think leaving it out there would be better?

[ArchietheDragon]

You have to admit, it is funny that he does prove it true even immediately after the fact. 

[djAdvocate]

nothing quite so handsome as a man defending his daughters.

[dondub]

Of course Chelsea has never been attacked by the Cruz wing of the Repo party.

[jkapp]

Dec 23, 2015 11:46:18 GMT -5 dondub said:

Of course Chelsea has never been attacked by the Cruz wing of the Repo party.

And the Bush daughters were never mentioned by the Demo party?

Oh, and what about George HW Bush's kids? They get picked on all the time!!

[dondub]

Ha!

[Robert not Bobby]

Cruz uses his family as props, the media uses his family as props...but yeah, it was wrong.

Ted wants to show that he is whiter than white...he was born in friggin Canada, a Cuban with a Fascist bigoted father.

But he is a little too smug. How many times has this guy changed religions, to fit into the mainstream.

He seems too manufactures, put together, for me.

Anyway, enjoy your evening. I think I have one or two songs I want to post.

[Tennesseer]

"Talk about politically and immorally incorrect.........."

Don't Trump supporters find his politically incorrect comments refreshing?

[dondub]

I'm betting Trump will turn his political 'candor' onto Cruz' kids when they are in a neck and neck battle next year. Hopefully he'll skip the schlong word on that one.

[Value Buy]

Dec 23, 2015 16:02:37 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

"Talk about politically and immorally incorrect.........."

Don't Trump supporters find his politically incorrect comments refreshing?

He really does scare me.
My man was Jeb, but as we all know how well that's working out.........................................................
Cruz and Rubio are not good choices imo.
My last hope... is the jolly fat white guy, and I do not mean Santa.
Governor Christie is busting a slow move in New Hampshire
Can I call him jolly and fat or is that too politically wrong?
He's my guy now

[Tennesseer]

Dec 23, 2015 18:02:14 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Dec 23, 2015 16:02:37 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

"Talk about politically and immorally incorrect.........."

Don't Trump supporters find his politically incorrect comments refreshing?

He really does scare me.
My man was Jeb, but as we all know how well that's working out.........................................................
Cruz and Rubio are not good choices imo.
My last hope... is the jolly fat white guy, and I do not mean Santa.
Governor Christy is busting a slow move in New Hampshire
Can I call him jolly and fat or is that too politically wrong?
He's my guy now

Economically conservative and moderately social. There are far worse candidates than Christie.

[djAdvocate]

Dec 23, 2015 18:05:23 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Dec 23, 2015 18:02:14 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

He really does scare me.
My man was Jeb, but as we all know how well that's working out.........................................................
Cruz and Rubio are not good choices imo.
My last hope... is the jolly fat white guy, and I do not mean Santa.
Governor Christy is busting a slow move in New Hampshire
Can I call him jolly and fat or is that too politically wrong?
He's my guy now

Economically conservative and moderately social. There are far worse candidates than Christie.

he has been in the lower reaches of the field for a long time, but he is making a move.  he is in 6th now, and i think he is going to pass Bush soon.

[Value Buy]

Dec 23, 2015 11:46:18 GMT -5 dondub said:

Of course Chelsea has never been attacked by the Cruz wing of the Repo party.

To be honest some of you will have to come up with some zingers for me from then. I cannot remember.
I am sure there were, but was she shown as a monkey?
Even if the cartoonist just showed the kids as being on a leash, but at least human and maybe even cute, I could live with it.
And  a female cartoonist.
I guess I am chauvinist. I assumed it would be a man who would be that crude.

But I think we can all agree there was no actual "Cruz ring of the party" back then. Republicans were middle of the road then, compared to now

[fishy999]

He used his kids in his ads- not just being present but making political statements- fair game- he is the one that should be embarassed.

[Shooby]

Dec 24, 2015 2:47:16 GMT -5 fishy999 said:

He used his kids in his ads- not just being present but making political statements- fair game- he is the one that should be embarassed.

Oh brother.  Obama and Michelle never used their kids as political fodder?  Uh huh.

[Shooby]

Value buy - It is really no use in trying to apply the SAME standards to liberals.  There is always an "excuse" why it doesn't apply to them, lol.

[swamp]

Dec 23, 2015 18:08:11 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Dec 23, 2015 11:46:18 GMT -5 dondub said:

Of course Chelsea has never been attacked by the Cruz wing of the Repo party.

To be honest some of you will have to come up with some zingers for me from then. I cannot remember.
I am sure there were, but was she shown as a monkey?
Even if the cartoonist just showed the kids as being on a leash, but at least human and maybe even cute, I could live with it.
And  a female cartoonist.
I guess I am chauvinist. I assumed it would be a man who would be that crude.

But I think we can all agree there was no actual "Cruz ring of the party" back then. Republicans were middle of the road then, compared to now

Rush Limbaugh called Chelsea the White House dog when she was about 13. 

[Tennesseer]

Dec 24, 2015 7:55:16 GMT -5 swamp said:

Dec 23, 2015 18:08:11 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

To be honest some of you will have to come up with some zingers for me from then. I cannot remember.
I am sure there were, but was she shown as a monkey?
Even if the cartoonist just showed the kids as being on a leash, but at least human and maybe even cute, I could live with it.
And  a female cartoonist.
I guess I am chauvinist. I assumed it would be a man who would be that crude.

But I think we can all agree there was no actual "Cruz ring of the party" back then. Republicans were middle of the road then, compared to now

Rush Limbaugh called Chelsea the White House dog when she was about 13. 

John McCain: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?" he asked. "Because her father is Janet Reno." 

[dondub]

Cruz ring

That would be Cruz wing, VB. And of course it existed back then.

Value buy - It is really no use in trying to apply the SAME standards to liberals. There is always an "excuse" why it doesn't apply to them, lol.

Missing the point just a bit shoobs. It's the Repo that are whining about these attacks on Cruz' daughter's that loved the one's against Chelsea Clinton. I remember a comment on Rush Limbaugh's TV show where he made oral sex implications about Chelsea when she was 12 and the audience loved it. This is just another example of the Repo hypocrisy.

[fishy999]

Dec 24, 2015 7:48:13 GMT -5 Shooby said:

Dec 24, 2015 2:47:16 GMT -5 fishy999 said:

He used his kids in his ads- not just being present but making political statements- fair game- he is the one that should be embarassed.

Oh brother.  Obama and Michelle never used their kids as political fodder?  Uh huh.

Did Obama or Michelle, or Hillary or Bill, or anyone else for that matter use their kids to read political propaganda?  Being in a commercial as a 'family portrait' type of pictorial is one thing- but if the kids open their mouths and make statements- fair game. And why not- Letterman caught shit for calling out the 'abstinence only" unwed Alaskan tart and he was totally in the right- apology or not.  If the kids open their mouths- fair game.  Same with Ted Cruz's mother who is as tired of his shit as we are

[Shooby]

Michele had no problem with the "my girls are too fat with their BMI" type comments when taking over school lunches. 

[Tennesseer]

Dec 27, 2015 17:41:14 GMT -5 Shooby said:

Michele had no problem with the "my girls are too fat with their BMI" type comments when taking over school lunches. 

Did or did not the Obama girls visually and orally participate in a commercial.

[Shooby]

  She brought them in.  What's the diff?  they have no problem using their own lives and personal experience.  No different.

[billisonboard]

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Depicting the girls as monkeys is too much. I agree that minor children should be off limits for any politician's family. Politician's themselves are almost in a no win when it comes to their kids. If the spouse and family isn't visible people come up with weird theories as to why, when they are they become a tool to attack the politician and often end up as collateral damage in the process.