Keyframin'

I would have much rather presented today's Raging Pencils 'toon as a Flash movie with sound effects and much more subtle animation but Flash is a dicey proposition these days. Still, I think the animated GIF came out rather nicely. Besides, it's a blast creating something other than a static image.

BTW, for those used to the usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule of FLS 'toons be sure and check out yesterday's Special Edition tribute to 9-11.

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=Lefty=

Oh, That Mitt.

In case you hadn't heard, Mittens flip-flopped four times in one day on health care.

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President Obama does an Ask Me Anything on Reddit.com and is rewarded with a virtual audience of 350,000 unique visitors. Paul Ryan tries the same thing on Quora, gets one question.

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New York Daily News prints a column called "Mitt Romney's epic incompetence." I think they're on to something.

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In 2004 then-Governor Romney met with a group of gay and lesbian parents. His response?

“I didn’t know you had families.”

Said one of the attendees: “It was like talking to a robot. No expression, no feeling."

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And remember the pizza-place owner who bear-hugged Mr. Obama? GOP-ers are swamping Yelp with bad reviews of the place. How charming.

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Quote For The Day

"Pretty much the only people who think President Obama is a failure are the guys who think George W. Bush is a success." - a tweet borrowed from LOLGOP

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Today's video: Hate the Mitt, love the Baby.

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President Obama's Top 50 Accomplishments

Number 41: Avoided Scandal

As of November 2011, served longer than any president in decades without a scandal, as measured by the appearance of the word “scandal” (or lack thereof) on the front page of the Washington Post.

For the full list of his 50 finest achievements read the Washington Monthly story.

And now our Chart of the Day: Obama's Inherited Mess



Larger, considerably more legible, version of chart here.

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Republican Job Creation Update

9-10-12 & 9-11-12: The House is finally back in session and the past two days have seen a flurry of voting on various bills, but they all ended on the same note:

"Motion to reconsider laid on the table and Agreed to without objection."

Meaning "Okay, we voted for this turkey but we're going to give it old skunk-eye once more before passing it along to the Senate."

For the full 2001-2012 list of Republican sloth please visit republicanjobcreation.com.

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