Opinion: Editorial Cartoons: A cornucopia of incompetence, stupidity and inhumanity

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We’re supposed to focus on the positive and be thankful this holiday week, but cartoonists didn’t get the memo. Daryl Cagle’s Miss (Nude) Liberty didn’t appreciate the enhanced pat-down putdown. Tony Auth’s veggie-table budgetary diet was unappetizing to both bratty parties. And Matt Bors reminded us that America’s banks are still feasting on foreclosures, and that more families will be homeless for the holidays. I guess cartoonists are ruefully thankful for the cornucopia of incompetence, stupidity and inhumanity upon which we dine, this week and all weeks.

-- Joel Pett

Editorial cartoon by Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com

Tony Auth / Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial cartoon by Matt Bors / United Media

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Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. His work also appears in USA Today.