Cartoonist Tom Toles As Accidental Presidential Stump Speech Writer



The text from the Tom Toles cartoon appearing September 5 has apparently worked its way into the speeches of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The strip contains a succinct indictment of the John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket as an enterprise for change, and is as funny and to its point as most efforts by Toles manage to achieve. Many feel that Toles is the nation's best and most vital editorial cartoonist, occupying the Washington Post slot previously held by Herblock, the cartooning equivalent to playing shortstop for the New York Yankees. Beyond the novelty of that bit of information being worked into the Senator's speech, and what is likely to be the kind of posing and name-calling substituted for issue engagement since Adams vs. Jefferson springing up around using a cartoonist's efforts for that material, there's the issue of attribution into which the linked-to article delves a bit.

I think I'm within my rights to use the cartoon, as it's the item of discussion and not used to, say, illustrate a more general and related point; if someone from the Post wants to yell at me and have me reconsider, please do. While I wait by the inbox, do me a favor and click through to the Post site anyway.
 
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