Drunken cowboy monkey riding a dead elephant: Rolling Stone's current cover illustration

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.rollingstone.com/issue1060

Video: Five Ways Bush Sank The GOP: http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/08/20/five-ways-bush-sunk-the-gop-video/

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Recommended!

hahahah

[cynatnite]

2. I had to read it twice before clicking on it before realizing it was about bush...

:rofl:

[WhiteTara]

3. kick

:kick:

[Solly Mack]

4. Well, destroying the republican party would be a good thing

Not that I believe the GOP has been destroyed....I don't. Out of favor at this moment in time? Yes....destroyed? No

They'll go into the private sector...into well placed positions.... and their actions there will still have an impact on our lives....for the worse.

That revolving door coupled with the complete lack of accountability all but guarantees that any talk of the destruction of the GOP is wishful thinking.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. Karl Rove's "Permanent Republican Majority"...

...is a soaking-wet ice cake sitting in the drain of the political urinal.

The GOP needs a massive "win" to erase the stench of the Kickass Cowboy. I can't believe it will be McCain. I also don't agree with the tinfoil hat crap about McCain choosing Romney as his veep so that he can withdraw for "health reasons" and the United States will then have a shiny new white man for president.

I don't know. Whether the Republican Party has been "destroyed" or not is up for debate, but one thing is for sure.

The GOP KNOWS that they put a drunken cowboy monkey into power.

They know.

:patriot:

[glitch]

6. Two drunken cowboy monkeys.

Don't forget Cheney.

[pokercat999]

48. Cheney is the Dr. Frankenstein behind his public monster

Bush. A puppeteer who has only partial control over his puppet.

[glitch]

67. Cheney - the smarter drunken cowboy monkey frankenstein.

Of course their cowboys are wannabe but the rest they've got pegged.

[Solly Mack]

8. They are crippled....but don't ever get comfortable thinking they're down and out

Until you see the corpse...all bets are off.


Is it official then... that McCain picked the Ken Doll? I saw the LBN article but was waiting for official confirmation.

As for the stench of Bush.... memories are dangerously short in this country. ...and I never bet against the short memories of Americans.

I never thought McCain would be the next president. Still don't...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. We got "comfortable" with Kerry in 2004...

...and while I occasionally see people on DU counting chickens before they're hatched, the majority do not seem interested in taking anything for granted.

:patriot:

[adamuu]

63. yes and dont forget election rigging

Diebold/Premier just ADMITTED there was a bug in Ohio voting machines for 10 years. What are they not admitting?
I estimate we need at least 10% nationwide popular margin to overcome the cheating.

[bertman]

28. They had a Temporary Republican Majority for six interminably long years that probably did us in.

During that time they managed to distribute their goddam voting machines all over America without nary a peep out of the so-called re-energized Democratic Party. I'll believe the Republican Party is dead when BlackWater is dismantled and Bush and Cheney are in jail. "Til then don't hold your breath.

[Golden Raisin]

36. And Bush isn't gone yet

nor has Obama won.

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. Right! n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

31. They put Bush out in front as a mouthpiece.

Cheney & the Neocons exerecised the power on a day-to-day basis, as long as they didn't piss off thepeople FAR behind the throne.

[riverdeep]

37. What I was going to say.

A real look back at the nightmare would point out first and foremost that Bush is just the hologram they project while Cheney and his ilk actually run things.

[Wednesdays]

39. Right...they said the GOP was dead in 1976 too

And then look what happened just 4 short years later.

[alfredo]

58. Remember though, some republicans actually did the right thing in

voting to impeach Nixon. That wouldn't happen with bush, and McConnell would filibuster bringing the issue to a vote or have one of his lackeys put a hold on it.

I always thought removal in place or using the 25th Amendment would have been the way to go. With the 25th, a simple majority is all that is needed.

[KG]

41. exactly right!

:thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

45. I know - if the Great Depression and Nazi appeasement can't sink them

A recession and illegally invading Iraq certainly won't.

[RT_Fanatic]

57. Don't rule out

the possibility of a McCain presidency, either. KKKarl is still in action; the Repuke smear machine is in full swing against Obama; the Repukes control the voting machines. They will stop at NOTHING. Lying, stealing, cheating: i was, is, and always will be the Republican way.

Even Repukes know that McCain is a HORRIBLE candidate. I have a LOT of Repuke voters in my family (most of 'em registered Dem, too!), and NONE of them have anything good to say about McCain. Their take on Obama: "he's a socialist," "he'll tax us to death," "he's a Muslim," "he's never accomplished anything." Oh, and, yes, he's black and he'll be assassinated anyway, so why bother electing him? I can only shake my head.

[Patchuli]

59. The same thing happened after Watergate

They went into their think tanks and plotted to come back which they did with a vengeance. We Dems got too comfortable and that's part of the problem. Ford's pardoning Nixon emboldened them to try it again. We cannot let them do this again!

[anonymous171]

7. Thats why, if everything goes accordingly, Bush will become my favorite president.

He did what we democrats have been trying to do for a long time: destroy the GOP.

[The River]

9. What To Do With The Corpse?

I suggest we keep in plain view.
Dissect it in public, lie by lie,
scandal by scandal.

Where crimes were committed, let there be trials.
America needs to have it's faith in the "rule of law"
restored...for everyone.

[FiveGoodMen]

12. Amen!

:applause:

[Nobodys Rib]

22. An autopsy done in bright light...

Time for some transparency and accountability!

[FatDave]

25. "Where crimes were committed, let there be trials."

I think this is the key. If Nixon had not gotten off scot free, there would probably have been no Reagan Revolution.

There will be a temptation to say "it's all in the past, our long national nightmare is over, let's just look forward", but I think it's essential that we kick them for a good long time while they're down. Otherwise they'll just keep coming back like a horror movie bad guy.

[salguine]

29. But make sure there's a good, stout wooden stake through its heart first.

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. OMG!!!! Whoever Illustrated that should get a huge raise....

its brilliant!!!!

[Pastiche423]

24. It looks like Victor Juhasz's work

But I can't find a credit.

[bluesmail]

13. I wasn't expecting * .

Edit to add HA!

[Shine]

14. Cool! Can't wait to get my issue in the mail!

:thumbsup:

[mikeargo]

44. I hope I get mine today...

I subscribe, even though I don't care much for the current music scene. Matt Taibbi's coverage alone is worth the price.

[DCKit]

15. That's how he came in. I'm more interested in the exit. n/t

[file83]

16. The Republican Party destroyed the Republican Party by voting for Bush.

Many people saw this coming back in 2000. He was a complete idiot, so anyone trying to place the blame soley on Bush is trying to divert responsiblity from the people that put him there.

The Republicans have done this to themselves.

Unfortunatley, the Republican Party isn't the only thing they have destroyed. Look at what a wreck this country is in.

The death blow to this country is if McCain gets voted in.

[Ghost in the Machine]

17. K&R!

[OnionPatch]

18. I hope they're destoyed. But

until someone drives the stake into the elephant's chest, I'm afraid it will rise again. The "stake" in this case is a reliable voting system. Because if we don't have that, I'm afraid there will be a zombie in the White House come January.

[AlbertCat]

49. The "stake" in this case is a reliable voting system.

An even bigger stake...but a harder to "plunge" stake... is education. Kids need to know about their government and how it works. These subjects should not be nerdy, but somehow cool (don't ask me how!)

When I was in school in the 70's, Government, the "establishment", was something to ridicule....down with it! Now that we are at an age where we are participating in the establishment, we as a group know nothing about it. This is not necessarily the hippies' fault. It was a reaction to Nam and Nixon.

Instead of doing it again with Bush and Iraq, we need to admit mistakes and end this myth of America as somehow golden and chaste.... unlike every other country on the planet. We are a country and we act like every other one....we make mistakes and do things we know better than to do. This is not America as always wrong either. We also do amazing things. We are just like the other citizens of the world. Some honest history with some accountability for the crimes of the Bush Administration would go a long long way.

We could start with the real message of 9/11: That the world is not America and doesn't even want to be.

[grace0418]

19. What really makes me sick is that elephants are wonderful, amazing creatures.

They are intelligent and loving and take care of one another. Why the hell would they ever be an appropriate symbol for the GOP?

[FatDave]

26. They are also easily frightened

And that was the context of the original cartoon depicting them as elephants.



http://www.c-span.org/questions/week174.htm

(Edit: forgot the link)

[Trailrider1951]

20. GW was the GOP's logical conclusion.

All the deregulation all the time. Corporations rule. FREE MARKET at ANY cost, damn the regulation and full speed ahead! Only it wasn't free market, only corporate WELFARE, i.e., PRIVATIZE THE PROFITS AND SPREAD THE FAILURES TO THE REST OF US TO PAY FOR!!

[liberalhistorian]

52. Indeed. Privatizing the profit and

socializing the risk is their mantra and modus operandi. Rant against regulation and "government handouts", but be the first to have your hand out to that same government for your huge share of little people money when you destroy your corporation through your own greed, arrogance and gross mismanagement.

[Jack Rabbit]

21. K/R

[Olney Blue]

23. Keep that monkey away from our donkeys!

[FatDave]

27. I just wish we could keep our donkeys away from that monkey

[Straight Shooter]

30. There you have it. Little Boots' legacy. n/t

[markophonic]

32. Woo Hoo..It's Yosemite George!

Great Picture!!!!!!

[Marr]

33. You know what's struck me recently? People openly talk about things that used to be

taboo. It seems like everyone I talk to nowadays easily accepts the fact that our foreign policy is designed to service corporate interests-- not us. More people than ever seem to recognize the fact the whole game boils down to the extremely wealthy enriching themselves and impoverishing everyone else.

The Bush Administration really pulled the cover off the whole corporate-run government system. In their arrogance, they put it out there and called it virtuous and demanded everyone salute it.

[ksimons]

34. Ouch! But laughing that Bush is riding it, oblivious the beast is goners - How True! n/t

[judasdisney]

35. Rolling Stone: The only U.S. media not infested with CIA/Operation Mockingbird

[druidity33]

40. might i suggest

you also consider The Christian Science Monitor and Playboy among those trustworthy sources.

:shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

51. And don't forget

The Nation, also.

[druidity33]

69. and of course...

Mother Jones. How could i have forgotten the best of the best?

:)

[Waiting For Everyman]

38. Too good!

:rofl:

[Myrina]

42. ROFLMFAO!!

:applause: and thank you ever so much, Mr. Preteldent, for destroying that abhorrent party.
May it stay dead for a thousand years.

[Eurobabe]

43. Haha!! Ewww

that is bad. Should be titled, How Bush Destroyed the US in 8 short years.

[AlbertCat]

46. There's NOTHING on that cover to indicate it's satire!

Oh wait.... it's TRUE! Let's hope.

[BrklynLiberal]

50. prez shit-for-brains was an excellent tool for the neocons. He was an empty slate, and was very

suggestible. They could have made him believe and therefore do, anything they wanted.
This is not to relieve * of any of the responsibility for the damage he has done...it is merely to point out that he could never have done this alone.
He is too damn stupid.
But he is more evil than stupid.

[baldguy]

53. If you think they're dead, you're fooling yourself.

And if your think they're fascist, homophobic, anti-human, and beholden to Medieval religions and unAmerican multi-national corporations NOW - just wait until they rebuild.

It takes more than a drunken cowboy monkey to kill the forces of darkness.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

54. Love the gushing oil well -

That oil well has so many meanings for Bush's criminal administration. I hope I live long enough to read the unbiased analyses of the Bush years.

[slackmaster]

55. The article about The Big Lebowski is excellent

Highly recommended!

[DutchLiberal]

56. Another must-read by Sean Wilentz!

'The worst president in history?'
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history

[Breeze54]

60. That's a fitting caricature!

:P

Thanks for posting this!

:kick: & Recommended

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

61. YeeeeHawww!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

62. The truth was spoken by Cenk Uyger a couple of years ago

It is not socially acceptable to be a Republican anymore. Identifying as a Repuke is to declare yourself an enemy of civil society and this country.

[ThatsMyBarack]

64. Rec. #90!

Ain't RS cool! B-)

[Miss Chybil]

65. It's that old pride before the fall thing.

It'll get you everytime.

[lonestarnot]

66. Poor elephants. Just like us they have no choice in the matter of selection.

[whistle]

68. Remember dead elephants take a long long time to decompose

...and smell for a very very very long time! Thus immediate disposal is highly recommended :yoiks:

[LeftishBrit]

70. In the words of a song I learned as a child

I went to the Animal Fair.
The birds and the beasts were there.
The big baboon, by the light of the moon,
Was combing his auburn hair.
The monkey he got drunk.
He slid down the elephant's trunk.
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And that was the end of the monkey, monkey, monkey, munk!