Salon runs comic calling assassination of Bush desirable and humorous

Salon ^ | December 11, 2001 | Carol Lay

[Drango]

PetalExpress is advertising on their site. Here is their Toll free number

1-888-470-GIFT

I just called PetalExpress, talked to a nice guy abot the comic. He said they were looking into it...said the president Rob Berko(sp)was out and gave me his voive mail. FREEP ON

[tutstar]

I wonder if the Secret Service has seen this

Has anyone reported it to SS or are yall just talkin' about it?

[TADSLOS]

The cartoon gasp of a dying website...

[Frances_Marion]

Carol Lay, look into acquiring some talent, you stupid dyke...

[Timesink]

The saga continues in this thread, where Salon's managing editor responds to Andrew Sullivan.

[Timesink]

Indexing for Salon Deathwatch bump list.

[Timesink]

Indexing for Andrew Sullivan bump list.

[Cogadh na Sith]

She bit a moose?

[JoeSchem]

I see the author as saying the dream started well BEFORE the guns went off

I see the author (?) as trying to get away with wishing the President dead by couching it in the form of a cartoon of a dream of a dream, with an additional layer of ambiguity thrown in as you describe.

Isn't that precious?

[ChemistCat]

Again, if you look at the archives, you'll see that the strip didn't delve into things political but rather into a surreal sort of alternate universe, prior to 9/11. It never *was* particularly FUNNY but sometimes it was *true* in a sort of fundamental way.

I loved a Carol Lay strip called UNHAPPYLAND. It was about a guy who from time to time had to take this miserable bus to a "theme park" called Unhappyland. He'd get stuck in the "Veil of Tears" ride, spend days on end in the "PIt of Despair," and so on. It said everybody had to go there now and then. Well, that's true enough. One day this guy decides he ain't going, and he pulls the cord on the bus, and the driver lets him off. Suddenly he's being greeted by loved ones who predeceased him, and the sign over the beautiful estate beyond says "HEAVEN" and "VACANCY." The boxover says something like, "Good thing the rest of them don't know they can get off the bus, or everyone would do it." Anyway, I loved that particular strip; it seemed so true and so profound, indeed! I don't think Unhappyland is exclusive; conservatives are more than welcome, alas.

So: I was a fan; I braved the slums of Salon to go every Tuesday and read this strip. I liked 101 Demons, too, before that writer's election strip. Note the use of the past tense. While I don't believe that Ms. Lay wants the President shot, I nonetheless don't have time to read liberal irony (it isn't humor, that's for sure.)

Once upon a time my parents collected Streisand music. Now, they cannot listen to her. Celebrities and entertainers of all stripes make fearful mistakes when they decide to crusade for a very divisive cause. Animal rights? Generally they can get away with that. World hunger? AIDS? Great. We will generally keep buying their records, reading their books, and watching their movies if they adopt such causes. But to militantly embrace liberalism is to lose audience. I suppose it doesn't matter much if you've made and properly invested your millions and you're losing your voice anyway. SOMEHOW I DOUBT CAROL LAY HAS THE MEANS TO OVERCOME P.O.'ing HALF OF AMERICA. (Assuming that many knew she was alive and wrote a comic strip.)

[VMI70]

Good guess! Close, but no cigar...See #37 (as if you already haven't.)

FReegards,

[Jadge]

Their softball teams sucks too. We killed them.

[MarshMan]

I have emailed threat reports to the SS before using their threat report line of internet@usss.treas.gov Perhaps we should all try this. Paul

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

I was under the impression that threatening the Life of a President is a Federal Offense....

Oh....silly me...that's Treason.....

[Alabama_Wild_Man]

Send me a note when you need me to buy the office furniture.

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