R.J. Matson Cartoon is Insulting to Ron Paul

Got a reply as well:

"Hi Rob,

I do like a lot of what Ron paul has to say, especially on foreign
policy.

The cartoon is title "Lost" not "Dropped Out." Has Mike Gravel
formally dropped out? He's in the cartoon. Huckabee, too.

There are a lot of meanings to the word "Lost" and there is no shame
in being placed on a TV show with all of those other distinguished
Americans who ran and are still running campaigns for President.

We're still in Iraq but it can be said that effort is "lost." A team
can still be on the field in a game but that game can be "lost."

If John Edwards were still in the race with his strategy of racking
up delegates to take to a brokered convention, I would have put him
in the "Lost" cartoon, too.

Editorial cartoons make judgments. It is my judgment at this time
that the Ron Paul campaign is "Lost." I wish him well today. May I be
proven wrong.

Sincerely,

RJ

RJ Matson
Editorial Cartoonist
St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

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Throw money Ron's way on March 4th! (SIGN UP NOW!) Then go knock on some doors and canvass some more!

He just doesn't have a sign.

His reply to me:

Hi Dan,

I would have put John Edwards in the "Lost" cartoon even if he was still in the race with a strategy of racking up delegates to take to a brokered convention.

I wish Ron Paul well and I applaud him for opposing the occupation of Iraq in particular and our insane foreign policy in general.

There's no shame in being 'Lost" on that island with all those other distinguished Americans who ran and ares till running for President.

Sincerely,

RJ

It's from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch which
is an extreme Democrat Rag.

Don't expect anything from them.

Here is mine:

Mr. Matson,
News flash!! Dr. Ron Paul is still running for president. You ruined your Lost cartoon. Was this accidental or are you playing the CFR game? The very least you can do is be accurate. His rally in Denver had 3000+ people screaming, yelling and cheering. He came in second in Maine and Louisiana. He is still catching on. As people begin to understand what is happening, his following grows and grows.

Have you really checked things out? Are you actually for NAU, trilateral corridor, Real ID, crashing economy, wars neverending, forced healthcare, gun control, high prices that eliminate the middle class altogether. Really, are you that person? If not, you need to check on Dr. Paul at www.ronpaul2008.com and I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. Certainly our media will not recognize Dr. Paul, which tells you just how well he is doing, so maybe this was not your fault.

Here is his email address to send your letter:
webmaster@rjmatson.com

Vote RON PAUL 2008
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Nothing overly strong yet something I feel lets the otherside know we are aware of their continuous mistreatment and not happy with it. Not much else we can do other than register a complaint is how I see it
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Dear Sir,

Sincerely,

Did MLK go off and cry when people said he was fighting a lost cause?

Geez.

cartoon is on. Just a suggestion.

I emailed that lying bastard
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"We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln

politepaulite

I think the message was it didn't matter. Media picks the winners no matter what voters and supporters do. It just that Paul supporters are hanging in there. We have the right candidate running for the right reason. But how do we let others know. What is different is that while others give up, it gives us more reason to fight for our freedom.

Please edit your topic and add the date 2/1

But what's sad for me is that Russmo's site

http://www.russmo.com

no-longer exists. Russmo didn't have those issues, believe me. Does anyone know him, or what happened to the site, or how we can make it come-back? Anyone familiar with his work will know it's worthwhile libertarian humor.
JMR

Vote RON PAUL 2008
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There is nothing funny in showing RON PAUL among all those other candidates who have since bit the dust and gone away -- and cartoons are supposed to be funny.

Damn it to hell, this is the reversal of exclusion but just as damaging. If it's not out of sight, out of mind -- it's -- guilt through association. RON PAUL is still an active participant for President of the United States.

I intend on contacting the St. Louis Post Dispatch (gonna send them an email) and registering a complaint in this regard. I ask that all of us do the same thing -- that should bring attention to not only the artist, and to the newspaper that allowed this insult, but also to our VOICE that says we are mad as hell and we're simply just not going to take this insulting treatment any longer.

Here's the web-address (plus other contact info) for you willing to participate:
http://www.stltoday.com/s...

R.J. Matson is the editorial cartoonist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The New York Observer and Roll Call. His cartoons and illustrations have appeared in many other publication, including The New Yorker, The Nation, MAD Magazine, City Limits, The Daily News, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Capital Style, and Rolling Stone.

R.J. has created the cover art for 19 CDs put out by the Capitol Steps comedy troupe, and he has illustrated several books, most notably Millenials Rising, 13th Gen-Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?, The Single Woman's Guide to the Available Men of Washington, and How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time on Five Dollars a Day.

Born in Chicago in 1963 , Robert John Matson was raised in Brussels, Belgium and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1985 and won a national Scholastic Press Association Award for cartoons he contributed to the Columbia Daily Spectator. R.J was also a visiting student at Pembroke College, Oxford University for one year.

He moved to Washington, DC in 1985 to work as a reporter for States News Service. In 1986 he became the staff illustrator at Roll Call and the editorial cartoonist at the Montgomery County Sentinel. He was the art director of The Washington Monthly from 1986 to 1988.

R.J. returned to New York City in 1989 when he became the editorial cartoonist at The New York Observer. He moved to St. Louis with his wife Mari and their two young children, Sofie and Gus, in 2005 when he joined the Post-Dispatch.

He was recently the Secretary of the National Cartoonists Society, the Chairman of the New York Metro Chapter of the NCS, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in Manhattan.

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"We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln

I just said it was from a newspaper--but is it actually from your source and then published in the paper?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

at the top of the cartoon is says in huge cap letters LOST below that it shows all of the candidates republicans and democrats who have dropped out of the race but it includes one candidate who is still in the race, Ron Paul, OutRagious!

if you don't want to waste your time checking it out here's the email address to contact...

rj@rjmatson.com
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"We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution." Abraham Lincoln

Is it time for Ron Paul to go after RG ?

I recently contacted the student president at a local University outside of Naples, Florida to initiate a movement on campus for RP. He said he was backing RG and would have the students for Republicans contact