This doesn't have anything to do with our topic, but I thought it was the funniest cartoon of the week, by Chip Bok at Townhall.com...

Now, with tvbythenumbers.com reporting, "Fox News' ratings... climbing... and... at or near the levels for October 2008 while both CNN and MSNBC are down 50% plus from their October 2008 levels," come these germane cartoons...

Just in time for Halloween, here are some trick-or-treats from a mixed bag of liberal and conservative political cartoonists...

by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com...

by Don Wright at GoComics.com...

The axing of Rush Limbaugh as one of the investors purchasing the St. Louis Rams is certainly not funny. It has serious ramifications as another hypocritical but effective liberal attempt to marginalize conservatives for our beliefs. Wrote sports columnist David Moulton at Naples.com:

[I]t's the hypocrisy that burns me. We've got players in this league who allegedly have killed people and others who have been accused of obstructing while others did the killing. We've got members of the media covering this league who have called the President of the United States "a fascist."...

The Miami Dolphins new owner, Stephen Ross, may bring on board as a minority owner the singer Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. Fergie has a solo song called London Bridge. In it the S word is used 2 dozen times, the F word is used a handful and the lyrics are at times sexually explicit. The song ends with Fergie saying ...

Shi**in on the world. F*** you bit**es.

And Rush Limbaugh can't be a small part of this league?

by Dana Summers at Townhall.com...

Added Jarrett Skorup at the Washington Examiner:

But maybe the NFL is right; maybe they just want to avoid people who make controversial statements.

Uh...except when they don't.

Apparently, liberal talk show host Keith Olbermann isn't too controversial for them: He does NBC's Football Night in America. A guy not shy to controversy.

Oh, and what about the new partial-owner of the Miami Dolphins? That would be Stacy Ferguson, better known as "Fergie" of the Black Eyed Peas. She was voted in on Tuesday without a single peep of opposition. Controversy? Divisive? Try:

"I have had lesbian experiences in the past. I won't say how many men I've had sex with - but I am a very sexual person."

or

"A war is goin' on but the reasons undercover. "The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug."

or even in song

I'ma get get get get you drunk. Get you love drunk off my hump. My hump my hump my hump my hump my hump My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps

Nope, not a whiff of controversy in there at all.

"We're held to a higher standard here," Commissioner Roger Goddell said.

Right.

by Glenn Foden at Townhall.com...

Wrote Rush himself in an October 16 Wall Street Journal op ed:

Not to be outdone, Jesse Jackson, whose history includes anti-Semitic speech (in 1984 he referred to Jews as "Hymies" and to NYC as "Hymietown" in a Washington Post interview) chimed in. He found me unfit to be associated with the NFL. I was too divisive and worse. I was accused of once supporting slavery and having praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s murderer, James Earl Ray....

Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made. Their sources, as best I can tell, were Wikipedia and each other. But the Wikipedia post was based on a fabrication printed in a book that also lacked any citation to an actual source.

I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never even thought such things....

[T]his spectacle is bigger than I am on several levels. There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. "Racism" is too often their sledgehammer. And it is being used to try to keep citizens who don't share the left's agenda from participating in the full array of opportunities this nation otherwise affords each of us. It was on display many years ago in an effort to smear Clarence Thomas with racist stereotypes and keep him off the Supreme Court. More recently, it was employed against patriotic citizens who attended town-hall meetings and tea-party protests.

These intimidation tactics are working and spreading, and they are a cancer on our society.

Yes, here's some of that cancer, from liberal political cartoonists this week.

by Lalo Alcaraz of GoComics.com...

by Steve Benson of GoComics.com...

[Photos of Rush via the AP; photo of Fergie via Getty]

Letterman and Obama garnered much attention by political cartoonists this week....

First Obama...

by Tom Coles of GoComics...

and by Chip Bok of Townhall.com, what many news pundits have been speculating... kiss the surge good-bye?

This week liberals suffered 4 embarrassments via Alan Grayson, David Letterman, the Obamas, and Roman Polanski. Cartoonists on both sides of the political spectrum scribbled their take in rare agreement...

Gary Varvel at Townhall.com, on Grayson...

Jeff Danziger at GoComics.com, on Letterman...

Here's a smattering of good political satire this week...

by Chip Bok at Townhall.com...

Replay of crying Nancy...

Lots of good political cartoons week on both ACORN and healthcare.

First, on the liberal media ignoring the ACORN story...

by Eric Allie at Townhall.com...

And by Glenn McCoy at Townhall.com...

Point, by Jerry Holbert of Townhall.com...

Counterpoint, by Nick Anderson of GoComics.com...

by Lisa Benson of Townhall.com...

by Glenn McCoy of Townhall.com...

Many clever political cartoons related to our issues this week...

by Henry Payne of Townhall.com...

by Gary Varvel of Townhall.com...

Lots of good political satire in the form of cartoons again this week. Have whittled my favorites down to 3, in descending order...

by Eric Allie of Townhall.com...

by Nate Beeler of Townhall.com...

The political cartoon commentaries this week were great! The 1st is my favorite. Which is yours?

by Steve Kelley of Townhall.com...

by Eric Allie of Townhall.com...

It's Lisa Benson Day, for nailing it a couple times this week...

by Lisa Benson of Townhall.com...

by Lisa Benson of Townhall.com...

There were several good political cartoons this week. None were specifically on our issue, although Blue Dog cartoons, which along with Beer/Obama cartoons predominated, were related. But first, a few wild cards...

by Chip Bok of Townhall.com...

by Dana Summers of Townhall.com...

First, for backdrop, read Ann Coulter's column this week.

Republicans danced between grilling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during confirmation hearings last week and ingratiating themselves to her. I appreciated their attempts to spotlight Sotomayor (and Obama's) radical pro-abortion positions....

by Pat Oliphant of GoComics.com...

But ultimately, although Sotomayor at the very least contradicted herself on the abortion issue and at worst perjured herself, Republicans caved....

No political cartoons on our issues this week, but this one made me laugh, by Henry Payne of Townhall.com...

There were no cartoons specifically on our issue this week, but there were several on other subjects I thought were particularly witty, astute, or funny. It was hard to pick a favorite, but these 2 topped my list...

by Ted Rall of GoComics.com...

by Nick Anderson of GoComics.com...

See more contenders on page 2...

Political cartoonists touched on many aspects of the pro-life issue this week.

First, the Left continued to overplay its hand on the George Tiller murder. By Steve Sack of GoComics.com...

Next, the Obama/PETA fly sp(l)at got some good buzz. (See my post on this here.) By Dana Summers of GoComics.com...

by Henry Payne of Townhall.com...

On a related topic - for a Sunday - by Eric Allie of Townhall.com...

Gary McCoy of MSNBC provides the proper context to view the May 31 murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller...

As expected, there was no shortage of pro-abortion political cartoons linking the murder to anything from pro-life "hate speech," to religious fanaticism, to terrorism, to hypocrisy, and to the movement itself.

For example, it couldn't get any more pointed than this, by Don Wright of GoComics.com...

by Lisa Benson of Townhall.com...

I think Benson has it right. While Sonia Sotomayor's position on abortion is getting the most press, I think ultimately her opposition to gun rights may prompt the greatest pressure for moderate Republicans and Democrats to oppose her by Second Amendment groups like the NRA.

by Glenn McCoy of Townhall.com...

Also read "Obama's Roe Problem" in RealClearPolitics.com, May 23.

[HT for cartoon: proofreader Angela]

This cartoon by Signe Wilkinson was posted in the Nashville Tennessean on Mother's Day:

Bristol Palin recently became an ambassador and spokesperson for the Candie's Foundation, as reported in a recent (Prolifer)ations.

As someone who had a child out of wedlock, Bristol is being mercilessly mocked for speaking out in behalf of abstinence....

No political cartoons on our issue this week, but there was a particularly funny incident involving White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' interpretation of VP Joe Biden's panicked advice on The Today Show to avoid "confined spaces" in light of the potential Swine Flu pandemic, ticking off examples of airplanes, cars, classrooms, and subway trains.

by Mike Luckovich of the Atlantic Journal Constitution...

Now here is what Biden said, followed by Gibbs' interpretation, which got a calling out from the reporter asking about it and a guffaw from the press core...

No cartoons of any substance on our issue this week, but here were a few others I thought were clever...

by Dan Wasserman of The Boston Globe...

by Jim Morin of The New York Times...

Sorry this is late. (If you were my Facebook or Twitter friend, you'd know what I've been up to this weekend!)

This is so true! By Glenn Foden on CNSNnews.com...

by Glenn McCoy of Townhall.com...

[HT: reader WMO]

And this one just for laughs, by Glenn Foden at CNSNews.com...

Glenn Foden at CNSNews.com...

Gary McCoy on MSNBC...

by Peter Brookes of Times Online...

Read background info to this post here and here.

[HT: Facebook friend Rick Moore via proofreader Angela]

by Gary Varvel of Townhall.com...

by Gary Varvel of Townhall.com...

Courtesy of OutOfTheBlu.com.

by Lisa Benson of Slate, this cartoon is painful, really, when realizing real people in real wheelchairs will be sacrificed if universal health care prevails. (Actually, they already are as pro-euthanasia/pro-suicide thinking takes hold in America.) And, of course, there are also the babies...

by Glenn Foden of Townhall.com, this cartoon points out liberal hypocrisy, because Octomom is one entity they do not want to help, although she is no different than people who purchased homes they couldn't afford...

by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com...

... an example that being anti-life encompasses a whole lot more than just being pro-abortion. It's a narcissistic state of mind.

by Steve Kelley on MSNBC...

by Steve Breen on Townhall.com...

by Eric Allie on Townhall.com, this cartoon aptly describes how I feel about comparisons Obama et al make between Lincoln, emancipator of the oppressed, and himself, killer of the oppressed...

See runners up on page 2.

Today's Sunday funnies are actually going to be funny, not political cartoons with zing but just cute.

First up is the hysterical "I love Jesus but I drink a little" video - Ellen speaking on the phone with 88-year-old Gladys from TX:

Next up is the equally hysterical "Tithe rap" video (that can be watched in HD by clicking under lower right corner of video here), new spin on an old teaching...

No political cartoons on our issue this week. This one by Glenn McCoy came closest...

And in anticipation of the liberal response, by Chuck Asay...

By Dana Summers at Townhall.com...

by Gary Varvel at Townhall.com...

by Lisa Benson at Townhall.com...

UPDATE, 10:20a: Forgot to mention Daena and I saw Twilight last night and really liked it. I gave it 3-1/2 stars; she gave it 4. Buying the book today.
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No political cartoons on our issue this week, but here were a couple on other topics that caught my eye...

by Nate Beeler on Townhall.com...

by Lisa Benson on Townhall.com...

by David Horsey, a liberal political cartoonist who has an odd way of trying to make "puritanical" beliefs look bad...

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

by Jerry Holbert on Townhall.com...

by Nate Beeler on Townhall.com...

by MSM political cartoonist Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald-Leader...

This continued spin that Obama is not as bad on abortion as he really is will be spin we can turn back on all of them, including Obama's "religious" supporters like Doug Kmiec, when Obama tries to enact the radical pro-abortion policies he has promised the abortion industry he will.

This week many political cartoonists lampooned MSM for its election coverage bias. The following by Eric Allie epitomizes everything over the long haul...

Got these late comers for the Sunday funny segment...

Moderator Jasper found this one from back in August on the Ryskind Sketchbook...

And by John Borra...

by Glenn Foden of Townhall.com...

Great minds think alike. The top cartoon is by Gary McCoy, the bottom by younger brother Glenn...

[HT top cartoon: Daena]

Two good cartoons this week by Chuck Asay of Townhall.com...

By Chuck Asay of Townhall.com, note the NARAL Grim Reaper in the lower left corner, walking with the Supreme Court's Ruth Bader Ginsburg (good eye, Chris!). Only missing is Grim Reaper II, Planned Parenthood. Click to enlarge...

By Wayne Staskal in Townhall.com...

Backdrop, by United Press International, September 27...

First, don't forget to pray for pastors across America who are participating in the Alliance Defense Fund's Pulpit Freedom Sunday today, which I wrote about previously here and here.

This is a long-planned project by ADF for pastors in a coordinated effort on September 28, 2008, to defy the IRS's gag rule dating back to 1954 disallowing them and churches from taking political stands. At least 50 pastors across the nation are purposefully doing just that today from the pulpit, such as endorsing a political candidate. All pastors will submit transcripts and video/audiotapes of their sermons to the IRS. The hope is to invoke action by the IRS, get this into court, and overturn this 54 year old First Amendment violation. Go pastors! See ADF video on the constitutional foundation for this project here.

Moving on, the political cartoons this week continued to focus on the Wall Street bailout, so I found none on our issue. But here was one about the aforementioned by Nate Beeler at Townhall.com that made me laugh...

Most political cartoonists this week focused on Wall Street woes.

But here's one by Gary Varvel that encapsulates what will come to be known as the Wild West "news" reporting of the 2008 presidential campaign - gossip and rumors that careless, lazy, or unscrupulous bloggers post that careless, lazy, or unscrupulous journalists broadcast...

Here's another one I like, by Chuck Asay. It is not only the presidential campaign that Sarah Palin's entrance onto the scene is impacting...

by John Cole at Townhall.com...

This week liberal bloggers, feminists, and MSM made fools of themselves with their hypocritical and misogynist digs at Sarah and Bristol Palin. Conservative political cartoonists picked up on them. See more on page 2, all all courtesy of Townhall.com, on page 2. Vote for your favorite.

by John Cole...

by Chip Bok...

by Gary Varvel...

by Bob Gorrell...

Here's another political cartoon that can't wait until Sunday to post, by Eric Allie, courtesy of Townhall.com:

[HT: reader S. O'Brien]

I showed this one earlier in the week but have to repost. It's another classic by my favorite political cartoonist, Glenn McCoy:

Here are a couple other good ones....

This one can't wait until Sunday, by my favorite political cartoonist Glenn McCoy:

[HT: Troy Newman of Operation Rescue]

Here's an example of a political cartoonist either ignoring or being ignorant of the human rights elephant in the room, China's forced one-child-per-couple policy, which includes forced abortions.

By Clay Jones...

by Chuck Asay...

by Eric Allie...

By Glenn McCoy...

I've resisted posting on this all week but can no longer. On July 22 the National Enquirer followed up on a story it published late last year about John Edwards allegedly fathering an illegitimate baby....

With all the hoopla this week on media satire and bias, it's not surprising political cartoonists took aim at their own, with no ink left for our issue.

I'm posting what I thought were the funniest on those 2 topics, throwing in a bonus I'm connecting to this thread under the label, "media gaffe," as in unintentionally whispering into a hot mic.

By Glenn McCoy...

by Michael Ramirez...

by Larry Wright...

by Chuck Asay...

In response to MoveOn.org's "Not Alex" ad comes this political cartoon by Chip Bok of Townhall.com:

Here's that ad, in case you missed it:

I wonder if Bok anticipated people like me interpreting his work as I have....

by Glenn McCoy, June 20:

by Ben Sargent...

by Gary McCoy, May 29...

No political cartoons on our topic again this week, but here's another funny...

by Chip Bok...

This week political cartoonists were too busy with other topics to wax on ours. So here are a couple off-topic funnies that cracked me up...

by Signe Wilkinson...

by Glenn McCoy...

MSM political cartoons often reveal ideological hypocrisy from 1 to the next.

This week's offer many examples, but I'll focus on just 1 left-brained schizophrenic split.

The 1st cartoon notes how MSM (correctly yet gleefully) portrays the TX FDLS polygamist sect as raping underage girls in the name of God.

by Nick Anderson for the Houston Chronicle...

Compare that to cartoons 2 and 3, which turn a blind eye to a KS Planned Parenthood abortion mill that has been alleged to cover up rapes of underage girls by aborting them without reporting the abuse to authorities.

The Kansas City Star cartoonist goes so far as to portray PP as doing the work of God with KS DA Phill Kline as a Draconian-Frankensteinian figure after it, and then portrays Kline as Hannibal Lecter being restrained by the rule of law...

by Chuck Asay for MSNBC (click to enlarge)...

by John Deering for MSNBC and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

I've also decided Glenn McCoy is my favorite political cartoonist. As I peruse the funnies each week for this post, I'm always drawn to his as either very funny or very baaad. I'd likely post McCoy every Sunday but choose others for diversity's sake. See 2 of McCoy's zingers this week on page 2.

Syndicated cartoonist Glenn McCoy, courtesy of Townhall.com...

by Glenn McCoy for Townhall.com, March 24:

by Gary Varvel, explaining the real meaning of the lately bandied word, hope.

Have a blessed Easter, all!

by Gary Varvel in Townhall.com...

(Read my March 10 post on the harm to wildlife and humans of wasted estrogen from birth control pills in our water supply.)

And although I do agree with Geraldine Ferraro that part of America's attraction to Barack Obama is that he's black, I still thought this cartoon by Clay Jones of Creator's Syndicate was a hoot:

by Glenn McCoy, GoComics.com, March 8...

by Glenn McCoy, Townhall.com...