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cally changed the course ETHAN PERSOFF: Paul, what’s your opinion of Trump? PAUL KRASSNER: Where to begin? Personally, for me, it goes back to when George Bush won the presidency in 2000. That was due to the electoral college, even though Al Gore had won the popular vote. That same time, Hillary Clinton was
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023638 →every issue of the magazine from its 43-year run. They recently collaborated again on a deluxe coffee table book, The Realist Cartoons, published by Fantagraphics. The election of Donald Trump seemed to be a particularly Krassnerian moment, so I asked Ethan to call Paul and ask afew leading questions. —MG [:
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023638 →and he was. “Lyin’ Ted Cruz”... EP: Why do you think those nicknames were so effective? It seemed, once you were labelled by him, you were done. PK: Bush had his nicknames, but they were favorable. He called Karl Rove his — EP: “Turd Blossom”! PK: Right, “Turd Blossom” ...and he was. EP: The prettiest
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023639 →ry 10, 2019 12:33 AM To: George Krassner, Linda W. Grossman; Tom; Marie Moneysmith; Lee Quamstrom; H
ker, Hank in Santa Monica; HARRY SHEARER; Andrew Thomas; Roderick Bradford; Brad Schreiber, Gary Grath; Ethan Persoff; robert bloom; Mike Catron at Fantagraphics; Jacq Cohen; aaron Freeman; Sharon Rosenzweig Subject: My character who plays me is his the protagonist in this film based I once wrote in Rolling
Kevin Bright; Caryl Ratner George Krassner, Linda W. Grossman; Marie Moneysmith; Tom; Holly Krassner
ssner, Linda W. Grossman; Marie Moneysmith; Tom; Holly Krassner Dawson; Daniel Dawson; Sam/ Walli Leff; Michael Simmons; Gary Grath; Mike Catron at Fantagraphics; Ethan Persoff; robert bloom; Jacob Covey; Jacq Cohen; Mort Gerberg; Richard Guindon; Kalynn Campbell; Barb Cowles; Robert Weide; Paul Provenza; Sa
I asked the audience a rhetorical question, "How would you like to be a Secret Service agent guarding Ronald Reagan, knowing that his vice president, George Bush, is the former head of the CIA?" Once again, satire would be outdistanced by reality. On March 30, the president was shot by John Hinckley in order t
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031757 →d Reagan, knowing that his vice president, George Bush, is the former head of the CIA?" Once again, sati
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031757 →FDR's fireside chat to morning tweets. Feckless cunt, anyone? Zapped by the God of Absurdity: The Best of Paul Krassner will be published in 2019 by Fantagraphics with an introduction by Andy Borowitz. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031763
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031763 →Entities connected to both George W. Bush and Fantagraphics

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