Aren't we harming DU by comparing bush to a monkey?

[mopaul]

if that's our only agenda, and our only platform, the president is a monkey, what hope do we have? and it just shows we have no real answers, only insults.

bush has no thick coat of hair over his body.
bush does not hang upside down with his feet.
bush does not eat with his feet.
bush doesn't say 'ook ook ook'
bush cannot pick lice off his own ass.

if all we liberals have in our quill is 'bush is a monkey' then all the other websites that have reichwingers will see us as simpletons and monkey haters. bush will make a campaign ad comparing kerry to a baboon. when liberals call bush a monkey, we all look bad.

[Cleita]

1. LOL

Yeah, calling Bush a monkey makes monkeys look bad.

[shraby]

How do you know Bush

doesn't do all those things? :evilgrin:

[snippy]

10. Exactly. But maybe it is a metaphor.

[nosmokes]

36. metaphors be with you.

and our apologies to the chimps.

[Cha]

2. You're right...but...

[Junkdrawer]

20. You see, this is the kind of over-the-top cartoon that these...

comparisons encourage.

Bush's knuckles only slight drag and, most of the time, he wears shoes in public. (He does, however, tend to talk like that.)

Now, don't you feel ashamed?

[Junkdrawer]

39. Here's Bell doing a more realistic Bush...

[AmyStrange]

3. yes we are...

but your photos say no no no

hehehehe

d

[Cocoa]

4. chimp, not monkey

but he's wearing a monkey suit today.

[ibegurpard]

7. LOL

you stole my comeback! Get your apes straight, MoPaul!

[cally]

5. I love your posts

Thanks, mopaul

[Dees]

6. I won't call him MonkeyNuts no more......

like hell I won't. MonkeyNuts doesn't have the brains of a baboon's ass. Primal.

[Insider]

8. thank you

i tried to make this point two years ago, nowhere near this clearly though. your one voice speaks clearly for at least one other DUer.

[IconoclastIlene]

9. just acting like dumb drunk jerks

is not going to win over anyone to vote democratic.

[mopaul]

are you callin' me a dumb drunk jerk?

[ibegurpard]

12. why not?

it works for Bush.

[Sporadicus]

11. By the Same Token, Sneer Isn't a Snake, Either, But...

[qazplm]

13. well

monkey fits better than Hitler, the former shows we have a sense of humor, the latter, well, doesnt.

And really, since we share all those genes, you can just say it's a reaffirmation of evolution. ;)

[randr]

14. You are embarrassing the monkeys!

[mike1963]

15. NO, NO! Chimps are not monkeys!

We're actually giving him a backhanded -compliment-!
:evilgrin:

[charlie]

16. Yes, indeed

Unless you have footage of Dubya flinging his feces from centerfield in front of a Super Bowl crowd, you're hurting "our" cause. Centrists and swingers will driven to the sensible, moderate party of Coulter, Hannity, Limbaugh, because of YOU. You miserable fuckwit.

[Sweetpea]

17. I think it is a nice release to chide those we dislike

But it is distasteful to see candidates who are suppose to be leaders of our country do manuevers like the Hitler ad.

[lanparty]

18. Aren't Republicans harming their party by ...

... comparing him to a human.

They're giant lizards, all the Bushes!!!!

[Stephanie]

19. You forgot to say: Hey, I hate Bush as much as the next guy.

And: Bashing Bush isn't helping our cause.

[Zorra]

21. Uh....I'm more concerned about the emotional damage to monkeys.

Think about it. The overwhelming loss of self-esteem at being likened to an environment trashing, communicationally impaired war monger. Monkeys would never do such things and have been unfairly singled out.

I'm surprised animal rights groups have not been on this from the get go.

OTOH, the valid comparisons of Bu$h to other fascist leaders alive or dead are only an example of constructive "tough love".

[havocmom]

22. ah, mopaul, the Simian Anti-Defamation league called

and they agree we should stop compairing monkeys and small apes to the
Cowardly
Reprehensible
Ignorant
Mentally
Infirm
Neocon
Abomination
Living

in the White House.

[Minstrel Boy]

23. What's the monkey love-in all about?

Monkeys are the most evil primates ever! I'd go so far as to say they need a good spanking.

[charlie]

26. I call Goodall on your ass

Or Godwin.

Or somethin'...

Whatever the spiff rule is that firewalls your diseased thinking because you mentioned Hitler or monkeys in your post.

[Junkdrawer]

27. I have it on good authority that DUers often link to evolution denial...

sites rather than the "corporate media" for their news.

[sffreeways]

24. You are so right

monkeys are smarter. Thank you for pointing out this oversight.

[mandyky]

25. I think we insult the monkey, but

we do a lot more here than call shrub a chimp!

That said my strongest argument for Kerry is he's not shrub, but he's also not Howard Dean, and I am so bored by the man it's hard for me to listen to him and try to understand exactly what he stands for..

[olddem43]

28. Agreed - All these primate comparisons

remind me that A. Lincoln (the last honest Republican, TR possibly excepted)was called a gorilla by some. I would prefer it if we used a more accurate term, such as "ignorant top criminal." Likening these crooks to various animals doesn't help get rid of them.

[Lars39]

29. Jane Goodall herself alluded to the Master Monkey by describing

a monkey swaggering around like a cowboy with a hat. :) It was in a recent article in National Geographic.

[Name removed]

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[charlie]

31. Do you frequently post with your belt cinched too tight?

Just curious.

[scrotim]

55. Gosh, people R so touchy about "drunk posting" questions here.

perhaps such inquiries touch a nerve; hit a little too close to home, so to speak?

I have nothing against drunk posting, just wanted to share the fun.

Sheesh.

[mopaul]

56. it's 5 a.m.....time to start drinking and typing

if you ain't drinking in the morning, you ain't paying attention

[scrotim]

59. I find a nice Merlot goes well with eggs and bacon.

Followed by a bottle or two of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Lends a pleasant pinkish tint to the contents of my stomach as I lay gazing at into the toilet later in the afternoon .

[leftchick]

32. Hey MoPaul, my 9 year old son said you made a mistake...

in your graphic. I only wish you could have heard the laughter in my office as my sons came to say goodnight and saw the chimpster*. They loved it as I do and then my older boy said... "Uh, Mom, isn't his brain way too big?" LOL... Thank you yet again MoPaul! :)

[jsummers]

45. kick

[hatrack]

33. No, but I do worry that we're somehow hurting Jane Goodall's career . . .

:evilgrin:

[Octafish]

34. Smirk is a NAZI Monkey

Not just kidding.

Bush IS a crook.

[treepig]

35. the truth hurts . . . but so be it

[mellowinman]

37. I don't think it harms DU...

but it sucks for the monkey.

Why are there so many threads about "making a bad impression?"

Yeah, we wouldn't want to make a bad impression on THE FASCISTS THAT STOLE OUR FUCKING COUNTRY, or anything!

Democrats have been TOO nice for TOO long.

I'm an ASSHOLE, and I do it for a REASON.

We're taking our fucking country back, and NOBODY is going to stop us!

[Just Me]

38. I have only one thing to say to you, mopaul!!!

You take reality,...and artistically turn it into a hilarious form of art (hence easier to confront, chew and digest)!!!

:bounce:

Don't know what DU would do without you!!!

:yourock:

[Lefty48197]

40. Hey, I like Monkeys as much as the next guys

It's chimps I have a problem with.

[hlthe2b]

41. Well, I've always thought he looked more like a rat with his beady eyes

And, I love primates (BTW, chimpanzees are not monkeys) and think there is little doubt that chimps are far more intelligent. We owe the chimps of the world a big apology.

Then, again, rats are not that stupid, either! :evilgrin:

[TexasSissy]

42. Oh, it's a harmless nickname.Nothing hateful like Repubs nicknames forDems

[Senior citizen]

43. I clicked this thread with great anticipation,

wanting to see all the, "no, it hurts the monkeys" responses.

DU never disappoints!

:toast:

[kentuck]

44. Damn mopaul ! You've nailed us with this one !

Now we all look bad for calling Bush a monkey.. :)

[Hubert Flottz]

46. I think the first person I heard of, who made the Bush/Chimp .........

connection was a Doctor named Goodall, but I would swear to nothing these daze! So much mis-information in the information age you know! I did think I heard Shrub say something about Abba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba in one of his fireside chats though! And this Has turned into a nannar republic under his prehensile rule, so I'm not discounting anything!

[mopaul]

47. simian liberation,

the gait, the swagger, the sloping walk and forehead, the crazy facial expressions, the grunts, the displaying of his erection in public, all telltale signs of licanthropy, ape/manism.

he throws shit in the faces of the world's nations. he beats his chest threatingly. he speaks with great effort and uses primative words. he has all the signs of advanced mad monkey disease.

[Hubert Flottz]

48. The Mother of all Effers just refuses to evolve!

Chest and meat beating has taken over his tiny prehensile mind!

[mopaul]

50. "chest and meat beating"

[Hubert Flottz]

53. Too many moving parts is his major malfunction!

Really the little ape only has two major moving parts! Those two moving parts are his Mouth and his Asshole and they are interchangable!

[K8-EEE]

49. It's A Horrible Insult To Monkeys Everywhere (n/m)

ha!

[jukes]

51. mopaul

i have to agree, to some extent; hence, i will now only refer to america's hemorrhoid as "sock-monkey"!

[mopaul]

52. what is your medal for?

curious

[Hubert Flottz]

54. That is a badge a chickenhawk will never win!

CIB or Combat Infantry Badge!

[UTUSN]

57. LOL LOL LOL I've Always Held It's Insulting to MONKEYS! n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

58. Boosh doesn't HAVE to pick lice off his own ass!

That's what FAUX news is for:

How about Them Tick Pickers,
Don't it make ya sick?
Over in the Oval Office,
Pickin' them ticks.

Pickin' them huge ticks,
Pickin' them tiny,
Pickin' them ticks
Off Gee-Dub's hiney.

Look at Them Tick Pickers,
Got no class,
Hangin' in the White House
Hangin' on his ass.

How to be a Tick Picker?
One way to lick it,
Get a job in the White House
And ra'ar back and pick it!

(Apologies to Mason Williams... :shrug:)

[spanone]

60. I bet he does pick lice off his ass or Pickles.

Or cheneys, or rumsfelds, or wolfowitz, or Fieth, or or or or or

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

61. Yes. Yes we are.

PETA will have our asses for that. Poor monkeys.