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Friday, April 24, 2015

Cartoons: Losing America

Emma Lazarus wrote in 1883:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Today this is what the GOP would write.
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image: cartoon by Chan Lowe
Chan Lowe, The Week
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Their greed has no bounds.
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image: cartoon by Tom Toles
Tom Toles, The Week
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Meanwhile, those struggling to support themselves struggle more.
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image: cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich, The Week
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And officials' perceptions that only those with money (read power and influence) and a pale skin color matter continue to become more evident.
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image: cartoon by Nate Beeler
Nate Beeler, The Week
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-- Marge

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