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2004-03-05 Fifth Column
Ted Rall: "New York Times Caves to Republican Pressure, Cancels Ted Rall’s Cartoons"
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Posted by Mike 2004-03-05 7:02:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Wah, f'ing wah! Apparently ego and talent are inversely proportional.
Posted by Dar  2004-3-5 7:16:03 AM||   2004-3-5 7:16:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ya know, the best part about this is that other, notoriously un-funny funnies like "Mary Worth" and "Rex Morgan, MD" will continue to run while Rall sucks rocks and mumbles to himself incoherently while adjusting his Reynolds Wrap headgear.

Speaking of those strips, I should start cutting them out daily now to post in my co-worker's cubicle alongside his Dilbert and "Calvin and Hobbes" strips for April Fool's...
Posted by Dar  2004-3-5 7:56:11 AM||   2004-3-5 7:56:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Would anyone be surprised to discover that all of Ted Rall's failures in life have been the result of a vast conspiracy to stifle his artistic voice? More than likely the Times is still carrying Doonsberry and other liberal cartoons that suck every bit as bad as what Ted was churning out. The difference being that Trudeau has a group of dedicated readers. I think Ted should abide by the Ellen Dejeneress rule - be as liberal as you want just don't suck.
Posted by Super Hose  2004-3-5 8:04:43 AM||   2004-3-5 8:04:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 If I were running the Times, the third thing I'd do (after firing Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman) would be to drop Doonesbury for day by day and Mallard Fillmore . . . but that's another debate for another day.
Posted by Mike  2004-3-5 8:25:29 AM||   2004-3-5 8:25:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice Fisking, Mike. Very entertaining.
Posted by badanov  2004-3-5 8:45:25 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org]  2004-3-5 8:45:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Good. I found his "toons" distasteful, crude and degrading to the 9/11 survivors. Oblivion next. No wait there is always the Dimmy left who will suck up this garbage.
Posted by dataman1 2004-3-5 8:46:08 AM||   2004-3-5 8:46:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ted, would you like some cheese to go with your whine?
Posted by DK 2004-3-5 9:17:17 AM||   2004-3-5 9:17:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 lol! Funny stuff from all of you. Mike, Dar, et al...keyboard alerts are necessary for this kind of stuff.
Posted by B 2004-3-5 9:24:45 AM||   2004-3-5 9:24:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I've ignored him all this time and thought I would check out some of his cartoons in honor of his firing. My reaction when reading the very first entry was "Whoa, this guy IS a prick". Well done NYT. Why did it take so long?
Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-3-5 9:36:41 AM||   2004-3-5 9:36:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 This is almost as funny as when Aaron McGruder went on BET and hinted that he might be killed becuase he dared to criticize the administration. Get over yourself, you hack!
Posted by BH  2004-3-5 11:03:24 AM||   2004-3-5 11:03:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Ever notice how the left always interprets the idea of the market making decisions of value as "censorship"?

Posted by Frank Martin  2004-3-5 11:05:51 AM||   2004-3-5 11:05:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey Ted! look here! Can you see it?
Look closer!
Closer!
Can you see it now? You cant can you?
Well I'll tell you what it is then shall I?
Its the worlds first sub atomic seized violin, and its playing a requiem Ted, just for you.
Posted by Evert Visser  2004-3-5 12:12:00 PM|| [http://chinditz.blog-city.com/]  2004-3-5 12:12:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Can't blame it on Ashkkroft now that he's in the hospital, eh, Ted?
Posted by Raj 2004-3-5 12:28:03 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com]  2004-3-5 12:28:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 FYI, in my congratulatory letter to the addresses provided by Rall, I plugged Day by Day and Cox&Forkum:

"Here are some political cartoonists with actual talent:

Chris Muir:

http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/

Cox and Forkum:

http://www.coxandforkum.com/"

(hint hint)
Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-3-5 12:40:43 PM||   2004-3-5 12:40:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Don't worry, Ted. There's always the Boston Globe, and they don't care if you suck or nothing. You can tell if you read their columnists.
Why don't you send them a resume?
Posted by Anonymous 2004-3-5 4:04:36 PM||   2004-3-5 4:04:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Naw, the NYT needs a good liberal replacement. M4D can you draw good?
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-5 4:29:00 PM||   2004-3-5 4:29:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Hint taken. Link is on the right, under resources. But Cox and Forkum is cutting back...
Posted by Fred  2004-3-5 4:44:54 PM||   2004-3-5 4:44:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 And the crazy folks at the Democratic Underground are really pissed!
Posted by Oki 2004-3-5 5:45:08 PM||   2004-3-5 5:45:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#19  Hehe, those crazy folks can be entertaining at times to read. It looks like some believe this to be some kind of conspiracy that could eventually lead to the shut down of their web-site.
Posted by Lil Dhimmi 2004-3-5 6:09:59 PM||   2004-3-5 6:09:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Sweet.
Posted by .com 2004-3-5 9:37:36 PM||   2004-3-5 9:37:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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