"Liberty or Bailout" Cartoon


I beat Michael Ramirez by a week with this idea (see 3rd paragraph of my March 30 post) -- but he's a much better cartoonist. His appeared April 6.

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  1. SLBMay 11, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    You need to take an art class and illustrate all your blogs.

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