From: Travis Subject: CaglePost: Campaign Mudslinging Date: Friday, October 17, 2008,
[image: THE CAGLE POST] <http://caglepost.com/> Would you like to reprint our cartoons on your site or in your publication? It's easy! Visit us here <http://politicalcartoons.com/>. *Come See Daryl In Virginia on October 22nd.* I'll give a speech, show a lot of cartoons and answer questions at the University of Virginia on October 22nd in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is a rare opportunity to see me, since I'm such a recluse. Here is what the University has announced. The daily editorial cartoonist for MSNBC.com, Daryl Cagle, will discuss with words and artwork the sometimes seemingly irreverent and provocative role of editorial cartoonists in capturing and dissecting issues and events in politics. Mr. Cagle's recently published* Big Book of Campaign 2008 Cartoons * will be available for sale at the event and he will sign books following his presentation. 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For questions, contact Megan Davis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 434-243-3539. *This event is co-sponsored by the University of Virginia Center for Politics <http://www.centerforpolitics.org/>* and the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs <http://millercenter.org/>*. ** ------------------------------ <http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx>* *Cartoon by John Darkow<http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/darkow.asp>- Comment on the cartoon<http://caglepost.com/cartoon.aspx?id=458B1507-B874-47C0-A2F0-43DC7C8D2691> * *We have a great collection of cartoons called "Campaign Mudslinging" LOOK!<http://cagle.com/news/Mudslinging08> * *The Issue Is Obama*<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Ross+Mackenzie/8199/The+Issue+Is+Obama.html> * by Ross Mackenzie <http://www.caglepost.com/c/63/Ross+Mackenzie.html> - Comment on the column<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Ross+Mackenzie/8199/The+Issue+Is+Obama.html> If the economy has taken a clear No. 1 position -- beyond terror and national security -- as the issue of most concern to the voters, why is the McCain-Palin ticket spending so much time attacking Barack Obama for his past associations?* *Because the fundamental issue in this campaign is Obama -- his values, his beliefs, his character. Having done practically zero as an Illinois state senator, and absolutely zero during three years in the U.S. Senate, Obama has no substantive legislative record. So we're left with judging him (a) by what he says (and he has an oily ability to say anything on just about every side of every issue), and (b) by the company he keeps (and has kept).* *But what does it matter -- really -- that he hung around with William Ayers for a decade, sat for two decades in the pews of Jeremiah Wright, was enabled early in his political career by imprisoned real-estate developer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, or retains as a campaign advisor a past head of Fannie Mae?* *Let me count the ways. (1) Ayers is an unrepentant domestic Osama who bombed buildings in which people died. He's currently an advisor to Venezuela's America-hating Hugo Chavez. (2) Wright is a racial separatist who has sermonized saying egregious things.* *Obama has repudiated the actions and statements of both. He has added that he hardly knew Ayers and, while a church-member, never heard Wright's hateful preachings.* *Of course he has. What's more (3) Rezko was central to launching Obama into politics, and represents a major tie to the Chicago machine that raised Obama up. (4) Raines headed Fannie Mae from 1998 to 2004, the years when it did its worst, for which he walked away with nearly $100 million in salary and bonuses... READ MORE<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Ross+Mackenzie/8199/The+Issue+Is+Obama.html> ------------------------------ OUR NEW BOOK IS OUT!* *Our big collection of cartoons covering the presidential campaign is out in bookstores a month before election day!* *We've got the best of the campaign from start to almost-finish, with Obama, McCain, Sarah Palin, the convention, Hillary Clinton and all those wonderful memories, like 3:00am phone calls, super-delegates and crazy preachers! 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