# Bush, the Death Penalty, and Humor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932 "2000-06-28T20:30:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/1 "2000-06-28T20:30:37Z")

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I just read what has to be the funniest comment on the DP and Bush. I just had to share.  
[http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/cartoon/tr/rallcom/](http://www.uexpress.com/ups/opinion/cartoon/tr/rallcom/)

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**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/2 "2000-06-28T20:34:56Z")

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Hmmmm… nuke Texas… now there’s a thought…

I can see it now, “Hate Texas? Then vote Chipmunk in 2000! We’ll take care of it for you.”

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**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/3 "2000-06-28T20:35:04Z")

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That isn’t funny, that’s downright frightening.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/4 "2000-06-28T21:21:09Z")

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Ah, the inimitable Ted Rall. I remember first running across him in _Against the Current_ ten years ago. We get him in the Washington _City Paper_ too. Gotta love him. This one’s good too - really shows the contempt in which Dubya holds most of the rest of us.

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**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/5 "2000-06-28T21:31:50Z")

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He really is my favorite politcal cartoonists. One of the only one’s that can actually make me laugh.

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/6 "2000-06-28T21:44:03Z")

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Well, at least I know to move if Dead Chipmunk gets ahead in the polls!

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**Author:** ![\_SILENT-BOB\_NOT\_REALLY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/3ec8ea/32.png) [@\_SILENT-BOB\_NOT\_REALLY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_SILENT-BOB_NOT_REALLY)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-the-death-penalty-and-humor/23932/7 "2000-06-29T01:09:28Z")

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:wally