Here and Now: August 4, 2004
Terry Ward talked with Steve Benson, Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated
political cartoonist for the Arizona Republic about Arizona politics,
the presidential election, and his political leanings.
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Are there any people or topics that are off limits for you?
Are there any cartoons you later regretted publishing?
Mr Benson,
Coming from your conservative background to what extent do you believe that religious fundamentalists are political marks? It seems that as long as a politician is anti abortion and gay and appears to be a christian fundamentalist they can count on fundamentalist votes irregardless of anything else they do.
As Bill Maher quiped last night on CNN, "45% of America would vote for George Bush even if they had pictures of him holding a prisoner on a leash at Abu Graib."
What do you think?
Doug
What's the shortest distance between two jokes? --A straight line.
I'm a firm believer that more can be said using humor, you know, catch more flies with honey stuff. I'm also a cartoonist and writer (did an op-ed column for a little while). Is there any advice you can give me about how to break into the field of editorial cartooning? --MaryK
What is your working relationship like with the conservative/republican reporters and columnists at the AZ Republic?
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