Another example of how prescient Gary Trudeau is with his Doonesbury cartoon strip.
Doc and his son have been running a PR firm representing oppressive regimes for some time now in the strip. Its no longer so funny.
4:47 PM, May 11, 2008
Anonymous said...
Bill: As Zac himself would say "Their reality has lapped our satire."
But whenever I think of how awful it is that the Junta won't let in foreign aid workers, I remind myself that our administration did the same in New Orleans. The Mexican Army... the friggin' Mexican army arrived before the U.S. army did, and we wouldn't let them help.
How long before Doug Davenport resigns, too? I bet not long.
I'm not sure how much these kinds of bad past associations should count, but it does seem like lobbying on the behalf of oppressive military dictators should be considered something negative. I wonder how many other people involved in the presidential race, both Democratic and Republican, have these kinds of associations.
posted by Zachary Drake at 10:56 AM on May 11, 2008
"McCain campaign employs those who lobbied for Burmese junta"
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Another example of how prescient Gary Trudeau is with his Doonesbury cartoon strip.
Doc and his son have been running a PR firm representing oppressive regimes for some time now in the strip. Its no longer so funny.
4:47 PM, May 11, 2008
Bill: As Zac himself would say "Their reality has lapped our satire."
But whenever I think of how awful it is that the Junta won't let in foreign aid workers, I remind myself that our administration did the same in New Orleans. The Mexican Army... the friggin' Mexican army arrived before the U.S. army did, and we wouldn't let them help.
7:27 PM, May 11, 2008
I didn't know that about the Mexican army.
Yes, those Doonesbury cartoons now strike closer to home, especially with the Pentagon domestic propaganda scandal.
9:05 PM, May 11, 2008