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  • Religion, Politics, and the New Obtuseness

    11/30/2004 2:34:14 PM PST · by swilhelm73 · 4 replies · 375+ views
    Weekly Standard ^ | 11/30/2004 | Claudia Winkler
    THE DARKLY BRILLIANT Pat Oliphant's post-election cartoon shows a tiny twerp of a cowboy Bush leading a huge, muscle-bound, headless giant off a cliff. The giant is wearing a T-shirt labeled "The Bush Electorate." Above the label is an emblem: an American flag with, in the place of the field of stars, a cross. The mood of frenzied caricature of American religious believers hasn't entirely abated in the month since the election. Just last week the San Francisco Chronicle published several election cartoons sent in by readers. One featured a red-state person stabbing a blue-state person with a crucifix. Beyond...