Tom Toles infamous "cartoon"
Posted on 02/03/2006 9:56:39 AM PST by Interesting Times
Tom Toles infamous "cartoon"
WaPo Weasels
Wanna draw a soldier, Toles? Here I am,
Back with all four limbs from Vietnam.
You wanna draw pictures of fighting men?
Just tell me where and tell me when.
I’ll give you a pose to impress any viewer,
Your punk arty ass comatose in the sewer.
Like all of your kind you don’t have a clue
Who fightin’ men are and what fightin’ men do.
That you, your kind, you effete panty waists,
With Hollywood morals, metrosexual tastes,
Would taunt a brave warrior’s fight for life,
Mock his loss, his pain, deride his strife;
And use his sorrow to support your screed,
With no concern for the warrior’s need,
Tells me you are clueless of the facts of war,
You’re a cut ‘n run, spineless, media whore.
Go to Walter Reed hospital, smug Mr. Toles,
To see those you’ve mocked, grave injured souls
View wounded warriors with bodies so broken
And think again of the message you’ve spoken,
So abysmally ignorant, so smug condescending
That even most liberals won’t waste time defending.
So Toles it’s a fact that your most famous work
Will proclaim you forever as a pitiless jerk.
And Washington Post you’re as bad as this weasel
You gave him the forum, provided his easel.
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Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66
Russ Vaughn poetry ping...
BTTT
Awesome! Thanks much for the post.
Bumping for later read
Wow! Pass it on!
Is Vaughn a FReeper? If not, he should be. Great poem. Consider it copied, pasted and circulated........
Mr. Robinson, this is outstanding.
Great poem!
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I'm almost beyond the point of being able to respond to these "stories."
And the proverbial "rush to hell in a handbasket" seems, at least to me, to have accelerated.
February 2, 2006 -- The Washington Post recently published a charming cartoon featuring a multiple-amputee soldier in a hospital bed, with "Dr. Rumsfeld" leaning over to say, "I'm listing your condition as 'battle hardened."
No doubt the editors of the Post find this amusing, but we do not. Nor do the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who took the time to write a measured group letter that will appear in tomorrow's Post. It says in part, "We believe you and Mr. Toles have done a disservice to your readers and your paper's reputation by using such a callous depiction of those who have volunteered to serve this nation, and as a result, have suffered traumatic and life-altering wounds." The letter is signed by all six members of the JCS -- that's a total of 24 stars, for those of you keeping score at home.
Some leftist blogs are already complaining that the letter is a heinous infringement on the free speech of cartoonist Tom Toles and the Post, but that is hardly the case. We're pleased to see the brass sticking up for the troops against those who would exploit their sacrifice to advance an anti-military agenda.
You can do the same by contacting Debarah Howell, the ombudsman of the Washington Post.
Well, that eliminates any question I had about what to name my pet pig.
Toles is a maggot infested pervert, who gets paid for these horrible cartoons.
For awhile our local rag only had his and Oliphant's hit pieces. Now they have several conservative cartoonist's.
Toles is a real POS with zero talent besides attacking GW, GW's cabinet and our military.
Our five year old grand daughter is a better artist and printer than Toles!
Just so long as it's not archy and muhammed.
Conservative John Carlson, KVI-Seattle, was interviewing none other than Ted Rall about this cartoon yesterday afternoon. I'm sure you can guess what that sad specimen's opinion was.
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