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The cartoons are drawn by Gary Varvel, who has served as political cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star since 1994.
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I’m not sad, I’m just drawn that way.
C’est la vie…
Nancy Pelosi called me a wimp.
Every time I pick up this gavel, I dream that I’m Thor with his mighty hammer… But then reality hits…
Well, any good comeback needs some true believers. ~John Boehner
By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren’t.
And so I cry, because President Obama now has that upper hand and we Republican/Tea Partiers will be blamed by most Americans for trying to block his progress.
I cry “fast and furious” tears every time I think of the 1,400 assault rifles Obama’s Justice Department helped send to Mexican drug cartels, and all the innocent people they’ve been used to kill.
Remember back in the old days when kids listened?????????
Can anyone tell me about hormone therapy?
It’s a crying shame that we’re becoming the United Socialist States of Amerika (USSA), but at least I get to play golf with Comrade Obama.
My local tanning salon had to close because the owner couldn’t afford Obamacare insurance.
“I tear up every time I hear “Auld Lang Syne”, and I don’t even know what it means.”
I’ll give up my gavel when they pry my cold ,dead fingers from around it!
…and then poor Deborah Kerr crosses 34th St., looking up at the Empire State Building, and gets flattened by a semi …and [sob]…poor Cary Grant is waiting for her up on the observation deck not knowing that she…Oh, we’re finally ready to vote…? [Sob], and I was just getting to the loveliest part of the movie…
I know I should not cry, but with the caliber of political folks we have, who wouldn’t cry!
I look insipid since I ran out of my Fake Bake Airbrush Self-Tanning Spray.
Listen, you only tease the ones you love. ~John Boehner
This gavel and I have been through the,”School of Hard Knocks”, together!
With this ridiculous president, bad economy, and dumb political bickering, what’s NOT to cry about?
And all this time, I thought it was the “Tear Party” that
I was leading.
Teardrops, rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love
It’s a crying shame that I cry so shamefully.
These colors don’t run, just my Insta-Tan does.
All this crying is ruining my Insta-Tan.
They call me “Honey Boo Hoo”
The…the…real debt limit…(sniff)… is now whatever the Treasury has to borrow to meet ALL US obligations…(sob)… as already agreed on by the annual budget process…(sigh)…not the outdated ceremonial debt limit we vote on here. Whaaaa, we can’t shut her down by refusing to raise the debt ceiling anymore!
The debt ceiling is falling! The debt ceiling is falling!
Chicken Little, Chicken Licken , Henny Penny, Cocky Locky, Ducky Lucky, Drakey Lakey, Goosey Loosey, Gander Lander, Turkey Lurkey, Foxy Loxy, Foxy Woxy! Now do you understand?
Don’t let those debt ceiling fears stampede you into muddled thinking!
I don’t want to end up in a political cartoon portrayed as an infant throwing a temper tantrum, like Gingrich did. Uh-oh, where am I!
In light of recent events and after much consideration, I’ve decided to go eat worms.
Waaah…it’s not fair. Why did they make me be speaker of the house again?
“I just can’t help the tears, look what they have taxed those poor
Billionaires.”
Has anyone seen the sequestration can we kicked down the road? Anyone?
Heavens to Betsy! The Daily Show has retuned!
Does anyone have a plan C? Anyone?
So, wait… They are never getting back together? Like, ever?
Ouch, my ear! I should have used a WaxVac!
The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.
You know, we have a fiscal train wreck before us. And unless we act, and act deliberately, we’re not going to enable our kids to have what we have. It’s plain and simple as that.
It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.
The White House’s hypocrisy on guns, taxes, and class warfare brings tears to my eyes.
What goes on in this House would bring tears to
anyone.
“Sorry. I get a little emotional when I get put in charge of House cleaning.”
No, honest, I was just slicing some onions!
Why won’t Obama just do it my way? Boo hoo hoo!
This may sound crazy, but I agree with Greg Walden from Oregon. We need to pass the bill to prevent President Barack Obama from authorizing the Federal Reserve to print a $1 trillion platinum coin.
I’m what you’d call a regular guy with a big job.
We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him.
This earmark ban just isn’t working. So today we will vote on a law to stop earmarking once and for all. Unless, of course, you think that would be over regulation.
How would you like being bullied? Huh?
I need this job like I need a hole in the head.
Tears of clown when there’s no one around.
That crazy Mad Hatter Obama ruined my nice tea party.
Who say’s there is no crying in politics.
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to cry if I want to.
Leader Pelosi, members of the House and Senate, dear family and friends, fellow countrymen:
We meet again at democracy’s great port of call. Every two years, at this hour, the Constitution brings a new order to this House. It is an interlude for reflection, a glimpse of old truths.
Justin Amash of Michigan, Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina and Raúl R. Labrador of Idaho, you are going to pay! Whoa, did I just say that out loud?
Because in our hearts, we know it is wrong to pass on this debt to our kids and grandkids. Now we have to be willing – truly willing – to make this right.
Solutions are not the answer.
I think I’ve seen my last Tea Party!
This gavel IS big enough to whack some sense into these teapartiers. Nothing else is working!
The Republican party sure isn’t the party of Abe, Teddy, and Ike anymore!
Nancy Pelosi made it look so easy!
I regret supporting those teapartiers. Those darned newbies just don’t recognize that I’m the power. Who knew?
I’m sad because someone stole my cigarettes.
Once I was a powerful speaker, now I’m just the “town crier.”
Well, there goes my Bohemian Grove invitation.
” I bet the President would be surprised if I have the last laugh.”
“If this is the Face of the Nation? We’re in deep trouble.”
“For crying out loud, doesn’t any one play follow the leader anymore?”
“I’m touched they’re letting me continue to do my terrible job as Speaker of the House.”
“I hate it when people judge me by the color of my skin.”
“This gavel makes a terrible nutcracker.”
The heck with the deficit, my Washington Redskins lost!
I’m trying my best but, it’s like trying to herd cats.
Anyone else want to give it a try?
This job is much harder than I thought.
“We still have serious problems with debt, unemployment, disaster relief and gun control, but banging my finger with this gavel really hurts!”
The reason I cry so much ,is that every time I swing this big hammer, I bang one of my fingers!