Sunday Funnies: Everything Old Is New Again

With Johhny Volcano and Fluffy off this week (I guess it's time to fire up the grill) it's Old Skool time on the Sunday Funnies, with President Scott Brown's chief of staff Karl Rove and Tom Brokaw and of course, Axeman and Huckleberry Hound.

Tapper: Lindsey you say reconciliation is fascist
but you voted for reconciliation when it suited you

Graham: yes but health care affects one sixth
of the economy

Tapper: and Bush tax cuts don’t?

Graham: this is completely different after all we
have a black Democratic President now

Tapper: The Democrats say the people want this bill

Graham: the American people are just sick of
this crap

Tapper: meaning what?

Graham: they’re going to cut Medicare!

Tapper: you’re the President’s best friend - is Obama committed to immigration?

Graham: no he doesn’t meet with Republicans every day - it’s so sad

Tapper: what should be do

Graham: let Senator Obama propose a bill and I
will decide whether or not to veto it

Tapper: where is the leadership from John McCain

Graham: give the old man a break - he’s being primaried by a lunatic

Tapper: to be fair last time the GOP killed the immigration bill!

Graham: no that’s not fair - Obama is a sleazy black man cheating and is going to use a trick which we used to use all the time

Because of course the best way to get a bead on Obama is to ask Karl Rove.

[UPDATE 4:25 PM]  It's worth noting however that Digby is right about Huckleberry, who went on to blame the Dems for Bush's immigration reform failing when it was killed by the Wingers.  Graham is hoping you'll forget Malkinvania's screams of SHAMNESTY at the top of her lungs.

 I hope everyone realizes that this is a set-up on immigration reform. Graham is a snake. He is trying to position the Republicans as friends of the Hispanic community, but he will torpedo anything meaningful and then blame it on the Democrats. The GOP has no intention of going up against their tea party bigots, but they'd sure like to demobilize the Hispanic community by undermining their loyalty to the Democrats.

I consider Graham to be one of the most dangerous Republicans in the government. He's a very bad faith player whom the villagers love as a sort of cornpone Jimmy Stewart. I hope the Democrats don't underestimate him.

It would be a bad idea indeed to do so.  Graham isn't nearly as stupid as he appears.