Posted on 11/19/2015 1:06:43 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
I'm sure members of the Circle of Jerks will look on this and give it a complete pass. They will not see the media bias. But even Democrats in Kentucky are expressing outrage at the Lexington Herald-Leader's decision to run an editorial cartoon comparing Matt Bevin's children to terrorists. The cartoonist, Joel Pett, was reacting to Matt Bevin's call to curtail the influx of Syrian refugees. Bevin has multiple children adopted from overseas and regularly conducts Christian mission trips to Africa.
You'd think a man like that might be someone to listen to when even he expresses concerns about Syrian refugees. But instead, the newspaper cartoonist decided to use Matt Bevin's kids as political props and compare them to terrorists.
Joel Pett's phone number is (859) 231-3443 and you can call him to express your concerns that he'd use a politician's children as props and compare them to terrorists.
You can also call Rufus Friday, the Publisher, at (859) 231-3248
Cute dog.
The graphic artist is lucky no one has gone graphic on him yet.. Like Diblasio.
Not sure who’s dumber.....obama or this idiot cartoonist...
He has a beautiful family. God bless him. The cartoonist guy just made an idiot of himself.
He’s not even a good cartoonist. My cousin could do better when he was 6.
They put pointy devil ears on him as well.
I agree with Bevin, but the cartoon DOES NOT compare his kids to terrorists.
There’s a bunch of them!
Good target of a boycott and blackball.
I wasn’t aware that people from Syria are black.
Joel Pett Cartoon Crosses Line, Smears Catholic Priests
The cartoonist seems to obsess on children.
I agree with Bevin, but the cartoon DOES NOT compare his kids to terrorists.
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So, what is your take on the guy’s comment while holding up a picture of the governor’s kid?
This guy's a real "prize."
That’s a horrible cartoon. And I don’t just mean the subject matter. The drawing is terrible.
He is a real low class jerk. If you are Christian, Jew or conservative nothing is out of bounds for this thing. The Lexington herald leader is a blight on journalism, Kentucky and humanity.
Calling the local folks won’t do any good. Contact the advertisers and let them know that the pressure will be on them, and copy in Patrick J. Talamantes at McClatchy 2100 Q Street Sacramento CA 95816.
It does. It says they look like them. The point to of the article to say he is absurd to fear them based on their ethnicity and that his kids fit their physical description. It assumes he does not refugees their simply because of their ethnicity. People don’t want them here because they are afraid they will commit an act of terroism based on what they are doing in the middle east and europe. People ain’t stupid a
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