Dyson: Why did McGruder target Rice in "Boondocks" strips?

Poynter.org ^ | 11.16.03 | Michele Dyson

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Dyson: Why did McGruder target Rice in "Boondocks" strips?

Washington Post
Michele Dyson says her pals and business associates are still talking about last month's "Boondocks" strips involving Condoleezza Rice. Why did Aaron McGruder decide to go after her? asks Dyson. "Was McGruder so unable to think of anything refined or polished to make his point about foreign policy that he just grabbed hold of the sexism grenade, pulled the pin and hoped for some casualties?"

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[NativeNewYorker]

Yeah. And no paper can cancel the strip because they'd be mau-mau'ed with idiots screaming RACIST!

[AmishDude]

Why does Michele Dyson talk about an angry, bitter hack like MacGruder months after the fact?

[tet68]

Why did Aaron McGruder decide to go after her? asks Dyson.

Because he is a liberal no class jerk.

[garbanzo]

My view is that he went insane after the war started. McGruder can occasionally be funny especially on cultural issues - but after the war he just got weird for the most part. Like the "find Condi a man" obsession over the past few weeks.

[Vigilantcitizen]

I pay to watch the aftermath of Mcgruder mouthing off to Condi face to face. She'd go old school Alabama girl on him.

[Arioch7]

I tend to agree with you on this one. I found one or two of his strips to be funny but he quickly devolved into hysterical shrillness.

Contrary to what some folks say around FR, I like the way he draws the comic, I just don't like the content. It must be sad for him to be so furious at the world. He is a classic revolutionary punk.

[CaptBlack]

Why does Michele Dyson talk about an angry, bitter hack like MacGruder months after the fact?

(from the article)
"In discussions about the comic strip, people would ask me whether I thought the series was humorous comment poking fun at serious events in government or whether I saw it as cheap shot using sexism as the weapon of attack.

The topic still is coming up, even now, almost a month later, so I decided to give it some "back of the envelope" figuring."

[AmishDude]

Well, I was being a bit rhetorical, actually.

[cyborg]

PLAYER HATER... He got drunk on the haterade. That's why.

[BraveMan]

The Boondocks" addresses a hip-hop culture of racial diversity. McGruder says he hopes that his comic strip improves the state of racial discourse.

Why did Aaron McGruder decide to go after Condoleezza Rice? Personally, I think its just intellectual laziness on McGruder's part. He's jumping on the "bash conservatives" bandwagon, which is so fashionable these days, and Ms. Rice is a safe target for him.

[T Lady]

McGruder going after the National Security Advisor is not nearly as bad as the Chairman of the NAACP (Julian Bond) agreeing with him. The NAACP is allegedly a non-partisan orgainization (EXTREMELY HEAVY SARCASM). Of course both McGruder and Bond are Useful Idiots of the Left.

-Regards, T.

[coulson3]

For the same reason Dvorkin wrote about Terry Gross' interview of Bill O'Reilly long after the fact. Because enough people disagreed with what the media outlet did, and complained about it, that it elicited -- even necessitated -- a response. That's a good practice.

[walford]

This question took more thought. Many others have held the post of national security adviser before Rice, among them Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Sandy Berger. Each had his severe critics, and each made his share of mistakes. Yet no one ever dared to suggest that finding these men a new "squeeze" would make the world a safer place.

This merely exemplifies Leftist hypocrisy. Just as they couldn't see anything wrong with Bubba's frolicking with a woman half his age, cheating on his wife 100+ times, rape allegations... Just as they couldn't resist pointing out Linda Tripp's appearance...>

There is a double standard. The above things are only 'outrageous' if the other side does it. This also illustrates their cynicism as well. They don't really care about these things either. They are only trotted out as weapons against their political opponents.

[Tom D.]

Condi is my odds on favorite to be the Republican 2004 Presidental candidate. She needs to drift a little more conservative in her domestic views, but I think that she will.

[altura]

You can't be funny and meanly partisan at the same time. MacGruder, who can be funny, has chosen to be mean instead.

the same thing happened to Art Buchwald, who was once a pretty funny guy but who became so consumed with hatred for Nixon, he lost it all.

[Alouette]

Why did Aaron McGruder decide to go after her?

Aaron McGruder thinks Condi is hot, but he's angry that she never bothered to acknowledge his invitations to go out with him.

[billhilly]

"Condi is my odds on favorite to be the Republican 2004 Presidental candidate."

My God. Las Vegas must be salivating for someone of your obvious odds making capabilities.

[StACase]

There is a double standard. The above things are only 'outrageous' if the other side does it. This also illustrates their cynicism as well. They don't really care about these things either. They are only trotted out as weapons against their political opponents.

B I N G O !
You hit the nail on the head, it's a power play, pure and simple!

[AmericanVictory]

He and Bond share a bond. Both have gotten a free ride for years so that none of their idiocy was ever labelled as such. The result is that they really believe that their idiocy is wisdom.

[AmericanVictory]

He and Bond share a bond. Both have gotten a free ride for years so that none of their idiocy was ever labelled as such. The result is that they really believe that their idiocy is wisdom.

[Slings and Arrows]

I think you may mean 2008. IMO, that's still too early - she has the managerial experience, but she needs an elected office under her belt. If she can win a gubernatorial office and get re-elected, she's viable.

[Frank_2001]

I agree with you...Where are the howls of outrage from NOW over all this sexism???;)

[Sonny M]

I think you may mean 2008. IMO, that's still too early - she has the managerial experience, but she needs an elected office under her belt. If she can win a gubernatorial office and get re-elected, she's viable.

I see her as a good VP pick in 2008. She's draw soccer moms, nascar dads, conservatives, and a whole lotta people in the middle.

The same people who would vote against her, would vote against anyone republican no matter what, so she does have a good appeal to anyone who is both republican and or undecided.

[Slings and Arrows]

Agreed. It would help if she shifted right on abortion, but beyond that she's good veep material.

[Clock King]

I would say she needs to be the P candidate in 2008. Remember, the Dems ARE going to run Hillary in 2008. I mean, hell, she's not even running in 2004 and she's leading the Dem pack. Think! In 2008 the Repubs can NOT afford to be seen as the party of rich white men. Rice is the only candidate that can counter the vast left-minded Hillary masses, and make no mistake, they are VAST.

[Tom D.]

You are quite correct that I intended to say 2008. You may be correct that it would not hurt her to get elected gov. somewhere. I would offer my home state, North Carolina.