Washington Post prints cartoon of Ted Cruz's daughters

[sfy]

Wtf?! Disgusting.

[LoveTrains]

Truly trrrible.

[tacosforlife]

So I have not seen the cartoon and am not a fan of making fun of children of candidates.

I am curious what people think about this statement:

A post originally published with the cartoon explained Ms. Telnaes’s intention: “When a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her father’s dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game,” she wrote.

[eclaires]

I saw the cartoon and I don't care. There was no likeness to his daughters and all it made was the point that he uses them like dancing monkeys for his campaign, which is true.

So, meh. I don't like politicians using their kids like he does, and I think it's accurate commentary.

[WOT?*]

I absolutely don't agree with depicting the kids in any cartoon. Kids are off-limits. Depicting them as monkeys is even more heinous. Depicting any person as a monkey is just too far from proper.

However, if the artist depicted him reading to two little girls that may or may not be his kids, as they cower under the covers with just eyes peeking out as he's reading "How Obamacare Stole Christmas" (which is what he was reading to them in the ad) or "Rudolph the Underemployed Reindeer" (apparently another of his politically incorrect parodies he's used) then I don't have a problem with the depiction or the message.

[daisyn]

That's disgusting. I don't agree with him using his children in his ad either but that's his decision to make as their father. And as my mom used to always say when I was a kid... Two wrongs don't make a right

[sushi]

I'm ok with it if there's no likeness. Dance, monkey, dance is a trope.

But, I do dislike that it feeds librul media hand wringing.

[sfy]

Dec 24, 2015 8:52:43 GMT -5 tacosforlife said:

So I have not seen the cartoon and am not a fan of making fun of children of candidates.

I am curious what people think about this statement:

A post originally published with the cartoon explained Ms. Telnaes’s intention: “When a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her father’s dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game,” she wrote.

I think she's a disgusting POS. People will tell themselves anything to justify their fuckery. How does their father using them in an ad--something over which they likely had no say--make them acceptable targets? Why would anyone want to use someone's children as "fair game?" She needs to evaluate her life, seriously.

And I can't stand Ted Cruz, but right is right and wrong is wrong every hour of the day.

[josieposy]

Whatever the intention, there are so many other easy things about Cruz you could use for a cartoon. Any reference to his kids is just in poor taste.

I mean come on! The man cooked bacon on a gun!

[ringstrue]

Nope. Kids are off limits. Always.

Like every politician trots their kids around at some point. I disagree that he was doing something more than anyone else.

I would not have guessed from that cartoon that the monkeys were referring to the kids. I feel like if you have to explain and then clarify your cartoon joke, you should reconsider your line of work. That's not even including your making fun of children AND making fun of them by depicting then as monkeys.

[erbear]

Nope. Kids are off limits. They are little.

[teflepi]

They are off limits and depicting them as monkeys? Nope. Nope.

[iammalcolmx]

I would burst into flames if anyone threw shade to the Obama girls so this makes my teeth itch.

[lg28]

Kids are off-limits. Period.

Even if their dad uses them as political pawns. It's not right.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I think kids are off limits. Period.

[penguingrrl]

Oh hell no. Kids are absolutely off limits and you never ever depict people as monkeys. Nope!

There's plenty of cartoon fodder coming from Cruz without involving his children.