it's official!!! Aaron McGruder reads DU!!!

[KG]

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. bwa ha ha ha

This is quickly becoming my favorite comic :)

[DBoon]

2. Does he read the Nation too?

And will we see his face in one of those full page ads, just like Moby & Jeanne Garafalo?

[trumad]

3. It's because Big Al is a joke

[tjdee]

4. So why is Dean taking all of his ideas?

That seems to be what Macgruder is implying.

I'd agree that Sharpton is not politically equal to Dean, though.

I'd also say that most of the candidates thieve bits and pieces from each other, I think we've seen that.

What I'd like to know is why Macgruder thinks Sharpton has all the ideas, if that's what he's saying. I expect as the strip goes forward, maybe his point will be clearer.

[WillyT]

23. Taking Each Other's Ideas ???

Are you talking specific ideas, or general ideas? I'd imagine that most democratic candidates would have generally similar ideas, being that they are all members of the same political party, no???

In general of course!

:shrug:

[Sean Reynolds]

17. DK - on my shirt!

Dead Kennedy's ROCK

Back to topic.

[Bake]

5. Oh no!

Now the Deanyboppers will be trashing/bashing Boondocks!

Magruder makes points EVERY TIME OUT!

Bake

[Khephra]

8. This Deanybopper loves Boondocks, even this one

and a lot of us loved the Doonesbury run which poked fun at Dean in parts too.

I've said it before and I'll say it again--there is no stereotypical "(fill-in-the-blank with a name) suppoter" of any candidate.

Some of us can actually laugh at ourselves.

[KG]

11. magruder is jabbing at the media as much as anything else here

anyone who really pays attention to his work knows he spares nobody when it comes to getting the word out as to what's going on.

[tjdee]

12. That's what I thought after the first strip concerning this...

Now I don't know.

Looking forward to the next one, which I guess is what he'd like.

[blm]

16. Yeah...he's chopping on the media

and THEIR fawning over Dean for so many months, now.

[KG]

18. actually he's chopping on the media for basically blowing off sharpton

and lest the dean partisan get all bent out of shape, magruder has dissed sharpton before. huey has often remarked about al's hair.

let there be no doubt that magruder calls as he sees them, and plays no favorites.

[w4rma]

15. Al, the Boondocks and Magruder are all cool!

I love Magruder's strips. :)
And Rev. Sharpton is a *great* political activist.

[ibegurpard]

22. It was funny.

And all effective humor contains a kernel of truth. Sharpton is being ignored and Dean seems to be the media darling at the moment. It's not necessary to place blame on anyone to see that and laugh at the sentiment Magruder is expressing.

[Cha]

6. Thank you Aaron McGruder! Cause we sure needed someone!

Sorry if you mistaking Dean's confidence and takin' no shit attitude for anything other than it is!

:kick:

[Terwilliger]

7. oh zidzi

you're so cute :hi:

[Cha]

20. Terwilliger?!

:hi:

[Lindacooks]

9. Buy his books too.

n/t

[Khephra]

10. He has a new one out

Or about to come out. I haven't hit a bookstore in some time, so I don't know for sure.

[Bombtrack]

13. Sharpton is the one dumb Bushies are cross-voting for and sending $ too

Dean is the one smarter Bushies are cross-voting for and sending $ too

the one who who really has a shot at winning the nom, and who'll hand Bush a second term

[Terwilliger]

14. Edwards?

I thought you supported Edwards

[Bombtrack]

24. I do

why

[Room101]

19. Aaron McGruder is great, ive seen him on Cspan kick butt.

He has a Boondocks book coming out soon.

[JohnKleeb]

21. Wow just replace Sharpton with Kucinich

and thats what I kinda think too. Dont flame me on this but I feel its true, but I dont think Dennis would ask knowing how he is.

[Room101]

25. It is not official that Aaron reads DU..........

I know you made it in good faith, but I was looking for a mention or acknowledgment of some kind regarding DU.

Still a funny as hell cartoon, he is expressing some of the setiments felt here at DU. Sharpten delivers big time in the debates, I don't get why he is written off either.

[0rganism]

26. IF Sharpton were taken seriously, could he win the nom?

Could he beat George W. Bush in an election?

McGruder is right, Sharpton isn't taken seriously, and I think it's as much because he's outrageous and provocative as it is because he's black.

[Hailtothechimp]

27. I disagree

Sharpton gets ignored, or at least taken less seriously, because he's an African American. I wish that weren't true, but I can't see any way around it.