By the Comics Curmudgeon
Greetings, Wonketteers! Your Comics Curmudgeon is back at work, reading the political cartoons so you don’t have to. Except … after a grueling two weeks spent vacationing among the Foreigns, it can be hard to readjust to life in the bitter clingy land of my birth. Most doctors will tell you that making the transition back to Americanness too quickly can be bad for your health! Thus, to avoid possible brain fevers and nasty rashes, this week’s Cartoon Violence will focus on cartoons from the Foreigns, to find out what they think of our beloved presidential candidates! See our future leaders through a crazy fun-house mirror, after the jump. MORE »

Here is the Absolut vodka ad that is Controversial for appealing to Mexicans, who want to take back the western United States (officially) in their perfect world. Well boo hoo. Look at the upside: Absolut also wants to squash Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez while simultaneously bottle-fucking Puerto Rico. [LA Times]

Is Bill Richardson’s beard catering to Ethnocentric Special Interests, and if so, why did he not just grow a sombrero instead? And what about that tan? Is that more Hispanic pandering, or is it because he just went on vacation? Remember Al Gore’s beard? Man, that was great. George Lucas also has a neck beard. This is a summary of the very sober conversation these professional members of the Fourth Estate had on Fox News yesterday. [Media Matters]

This is too adorable. Look how those darling Hispanics in Texas like Hillary now that they can’t vote for Bill Richardson! After seeing this, we’ll grant Hillary die-hards some amnesty for the twin abominations of “Hillary 4 U & Me” and “Hillary Clinton: Making Our Dreams Come True.” It’s got a beat. You can dance to it. [YouTube]

While other Republicans are busy running for president in Michigan and South Carolina, Rudy Giuliani is sticking with that Florida strategy of his (it also happens to be warmer there than in Michigan). Yesterday, he went to church for the first time all campaign season, that fucking heathen. It was an Hispanic sanctuary, much like New York City during the Giuliani years. MORE »

We continue to celebrate our last day by presenting scenes from yet another party that we neglected to attend. This one was the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts’ Eleventh Annual Noche de Gala Dinner, held last week at the Mayflower’s Grand Ballroom. Honored guests included, Jimmy Smits, Kenny Ortega, Ed Markey, and FCC commisioner Robert McDowell. And our own Liz Glover and Liz Gorman, who documented the whole affair for your enjoyment. Gorman’s gallery may be found here! And some of Glover’s reflections are after the jump.

Noche de Gala Gallery

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Bill Richardson wants you to know that even though he has the whitest name in the Democratic party he’s actually a Hispanic person who speaks Spanish and is from Mexico. Well, he doesn’t necessarily want you to know that, but he would really like it if Hispanic people, especially ones who live in California, heard about it. If you’re not a Hispanic person he might like to talk instead about how he used to be at the UN and once pissed off Saddam Hussein. MORE »