Comments on: NOW protests cartoon of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

By: Henry Clausner

Henry Clausner — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:45:01 +0000

I heard the Whitehouse ordered a couple more teleprompters ….

By: Nelson Dewey

Nelson Dewey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:59:29 +0000

Boy, do I feel stoopid!
When I first looked at the cartoon, I saw a woman who was being threatened by men who were trying to intimidate her into not saying something they didn’t like.
I actually thought the cartoonist was trying to support her.

By: Scott Metzger

Scott Metzger — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:08:51 +0000

“The one of Biden uses a hook like this one does, but youâ€™ll note that none of the items coming at him are headed straight for his gaping mouth (nor is his mouth gaping, in fact). Nor are any of the objects coming at him actually meant to go *in* his mouth to shut him up; theyâ€™re meant to drag him offstage.”

http://blog.al.com/jdcrowe/2008/10/10-22-08JoeFortuneTeller.jpg

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:30:25 +0000

Of course the news item that the cartoon is based on was about Gillibrand going on and on, ignoring Leahy’s gavel banging, forcing him to say her five minutes were up and then she asked for more time–which he wouldn’t give. But if Amanda and Jill want to go on and on and on about sexism and phallic mouth insertions no one will bang the gavel on them.

Oh no, did I say bang? I’m screwed–ooops, there I go again.

By: Henry Clausner

Henry Clausner — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:22:40 +0000

unbelievable…the guy is a cartoonist! please,don’t get me started…

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:47:46 +0000

Someone should contact Camille Paglia about NOW’s latest shenanigans – a REAL feminist like Camille would never stand for such malarkey, not for one second.

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:42:02 +0000

If you think male and female politicians AREN’T commonly drawn with gaping mouths over an expanse of PHALLIC microphones, you aren’t thinking too clearly… Hello!!?

Political Correctness at the expense of logic and sanity, is that the new, “Breakfast of Champions”?

By: Amanda Montague

Amanda Montague — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:13:11 +0000

I agree with Jill on this too. The two other cartoons of Biden and Sanford are not the same. The one of Biden uses a hook like this one does, but you’ll note that none of the items coming at him are headed straight for his gaping mouth (nor is his mouth gaping, in fact). Nor are any of the objects coming at him actually meant to go *in* his mouth to shut him up; they’re meant to drag him offstage.

The one of Sanford has phallic objects pointed at his mouth, but they’re microphones — objects meant to receive the words coming out of his mouth, not objects meant to stop up his mouth. Despite its reference to Sanford’s verbal diarrhea (which has been far more in evidence, over the course of several speeches, than Gillibrand’s in this *one* speech), it is not showing anyone trying to shut him up — quite the opposite.

Look at Gillibrand’s face in this cartoon — she doesn’t look smug or full of herself as you’d expect of a politician being mocked for talking too much. She looks kind of freaked out and like she’s completely out of control of her gaping mouth, which is opened up wide enough to swallow all of those phallic and/or violent things being pointed at it.

This cartoon is close enough to how other wordy politicians are portrayed for plausible deniability, but if you compare the images, there is a big difference between how Gillibrand is portrayed and how male politicians are. The only time you’d see a male politician with his mouth gaping like that and male hands thrusting phallic and/or violent objects at it is if the politician was gay.

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:04:20 +0000

Bill branded Gillibrand as a loudmouth, and then Jill demanded Bill amend his stand on Gillibrand because she agreed with NOW’s brand of anti-man agenda…

Is that right? ;)

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:29:56 +0000

Ironic that Jill has the most to say on this. Just sayin’.