Posted on 12/23/2015 1:42:49 PM PST by Isara
After crying foul over a Washington Post editorial cartoon that depicted his children as "political props," presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) turned the tables Wednesday with a drawing of his own.
"Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs," Cruz wrote on Twitter.
Attached to the tweet: An image showing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton walking two dogs labeled as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs. pic.twitter.com/dou9c7fS4U— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 23, 2015 |
The Post on Tuesday retracted their original cartoon after a firestorm of controversy.
The animated cartoon featured a Santa Claus-costumed Cruz winding a music box as two leashed monkeys dance in elf costumes. The monkeys represent Cruz's daugthers, Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4.
"Classy. @washingtonpost makes fun of my girls. Stick w/ attacking me--Caroline & Catherine are out of your league," Cruz tweeted Tuesday with a link to the cartoon.
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes wrote that Cruz waived the "unspoken rule" to leave politician's kids out of campaigns with a TV ad that ran during last week's "Saturday Night Live."
"When a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her father's dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game," Telnaes wrote when the cartoon was published.
On Tuesday evening, a note from editor Fred Hiatt appeared on The Washington Post's website reading: "It's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree."
Anybody got a photo of Ann Telnaes? (Not aimed at deciding
guilty or not guilty. She’s guilty, no matter if she looks
like Miss Universe.)
I remember the nite Carter was nominated (the first time) and you could tell they dragged Amy out of bed to appear on stage with the nominee and Rosalyn (or whatever her name is)
Amy was not happy. But hey, Daddy said it was for political propping so it’s ok
Ted missed the REALLY ugly dog named Ann Telnaes.
What a mean, hard face!
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George Stepinawfulstuff
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Is that her husband?
The is the macaca moment for the Washington Post.
Notice how every MSM news source keeps omitting that the Washington Post portrayed his Latino children as monkeys.
Yeah, that one may leave a mark.
That isn’t how he fights. His is the gentleman’s fight.
In a couple of days everyone will have forgotten Cruz, but still talk about ‘schlonged’
I prefer the fighter whose mark stays the longest on the hide of the enemy.
Precisely why Lincoln chose US Grant: "He fights."
I’ll bet no one, NO ONE, has the guts to do this to Trumps children or grandchildren.
And if someone does, Trump isn’t going to respond with some silly cartoon, he’s going to rip some serious new assholes in the perps.
Two words: Rodeo clown.
Ann’s favorite snack? Milk Bone biscuits.
weiner dogs!...No! No! NO! Schlong dogs.
His Irish/Latino kids.
I thought we stopped depicting the Irish as monkeys 75 years ago.
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