The Exploding Cigar

In today's Gainesville Sun, editorial cartoonist Jake Fuller, a conservative in his own right, nevertheless takes a shot at some of the intelligent-but-foolish conservative talk show hosts out there. Pictured is a caricature resembling Rush Limbaugh. He's wearing a headset, sitting before a microphone, and holding a paper with the words "Talk Radio" on it. Oh, and he has a cigar in his mouth. With the name "Mitt" on it. And it's exploding in his face.

It goes beyond my comprehension that so many of these conservative talk radio hosts are trashing John McCain, who is quite simply the best shot that they have of getting a Republican into the White House (and who IS a conservative as well). Instead, they not only keep condemning McCain, but they also keep questioning very conservative candidate Mike Huckabee's ideological credentials. And whom do they favor but (former?) liberal Republican Mitt Romney, who has done a complete about-face on several issues on which he was at odds with his party's conservative wing, just to pander to them for their support. The two glaring issues that hit me were his support for abortion rights and his (considerable) raising of taxes while he was governor of Massachusetts. And then he had the gall to repeatedly criticize McCain about taxes during the campaign!

These radio "personalities" need to get a life (preferably, as far away as possible)! I even heard Ann Coulter say that she would support Hillary Clinton over John McCain should he get the nomination. Well, he's getting the nomination! BOOM! I think I just heard another exploding cigar!