Secret Service wrong to probe cartoon

Rep. Christopher Cox says that the Secret Service used "profoundly bad judgment" this week in trying to question L.A. Times cartoonist Michael Ramirez -- and owes him an apology. Cox is a Republican from Orange County. The story is on Yahoo News, from a link on Romenesko.

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Michael Ramirez showed incredibly bad judgment by equating criticism with assassination and owes all of us who care about democracy an apology.

Posted by: Tim McGarry at July 23, 2003 05:21 PM

Ramirez actually has pretty good judgment when it comes to creating cartoons that are not just irritating to people (like myself) who are left of center, but also weirdly illogical and incoherent. In fact, his mangling of logic seems to attract as much attention as the ostensible "point" of any given cartoon -- a talent that sets him apart from those boringly lucid editorial artists one encounters elsewhere.

Posted by: Alex at July 23, 2003 05:57 PM

I agree that Ramirez is irritating (to people who are left of center, which includes me), incoherent, and weirdly illogical. In my book this makes him the right wing equal of Paul Conrad.

Posted by: Laurie K. at July 23, 2003 09:39 PM
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