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To: kcvl

Rall's just trying to outdo michael moore as outrageous. He's doing the most possible to attack decency. Does he believe it? I hope not.


91 posted on 06/08/2004 7:33:31 PM PDT by Monty22
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To: Monty22

Good point. All of the leftist "Gods" are trying to out liberal each other.


94 posted on 06/08/2004 7:35:26 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
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To: Monty22

Rall's 'Tillman' Cartoon Pulled by MSNBC.com


Rall said in the cartoon that Tillman -- who gave up a $3.6-million National Football League contract to join the military and then died last month -- "falsely believed Bush's wars against Iraq and Afghanistan had something to do with 9/11. Actually, he was a cog in a low-rent occupation Army that shot more innocent civilians than terrorists to prop up puppet rulers and exploit gas and oil resources. So when Tillman got killed by the Afghan resistance, one word naturally came to mind: 'Uh -- idiot?' [says one person in the cartoon's final panel]. 'Sap?' [says another]. 'Hero!' [says an editor]."


Rall, who traveled to Afghanistan as a cartoonist/writer after 9/11, told E&P: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief."

"Tillman gave up millions of dollars," Rall added. "To that extent I think he's admirable, but the cause is not. ... He would have been a better person and a better husband if he took the $3.6 million and played football and left the poor and beleaguered people of Afghanistan and Iraq alone."

Rall's editorial cartoons have 140 clients (roughly half of them print newspapers). Universal Director of Communications Kathie Kerr said today that there has been "no reaction from editors as of yet, but a few e-mails from readers who oppose" the cartoon.


98 posted on 06/08/2004 7:38:49 PM PDT by kcvl
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