Zina Saunders

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Zina Saunders is an award-winning illustrator whose work appears in national magazines and newspapers and whose political satires have amused or outraged her audience, depending on which side of the aisle they sit.

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WATCH: Rick Perry's Pledge of Allegiance [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Aug. 30, 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Gov. Rick Perry pledges allegiance to his own special version of America. As always, that's Saunders doing the voice. For those counting at home, this is the third depiction of Rick Perry from Zina Saunders. Don't miss Rick Perry's Texas Aggie yell and Rick Perry's prayer.

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WATCH: Rick Perry's Texas Aggie Yell [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Wed Aug. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, new GOP contender Gov. Rick Perry sings to us of his college days, when he was an Aggie Yell Leader at Texas A&M. As always, that's Saunders doing the voice. Here are six stories you must read about Rick Perry.

Read the yell's transcript:

In Economics I got a D,
But that don't mean a lil' ol' thing to me,
I know enough to fix our whole economy,
And kick the commie ass of Ben Bernanke!

In US History I got C,
But that don't mean a lil' ol' thing to me,
Who cares about those facts and dates they try to teach,
When I can make 'em up to fit the things I preach!

In Chemistry I got an F and C,
But that don't mean a lil' ol' thing to me,
Evolution's just a bunch a heresy,
If they had taught creationism I woulda got a B!

My transcript's got a lotta Cs and Ds,
But that don't mean a lil' ol' thing to me,
Who needs a big ol' brain in charge of our country,
Wouldn't y'all rather have a good ol' boy like me? Boy like me? Boy, oh boy, oh boy, like me?

And here's Rick Perry's actual college transcript:

Rick Perry's Texas A&M Transcript

WATCH: Rick Perry Consults the Big Guy in the Sky [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Mon Aug. 15, 2011 1:24 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, new GOP contender Gov. Rick Perry consults with his chief advisor and star of his recent Christians-only prayerfest—God. As always, that's Saunders doing the voices. Sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org.

Read the prayer's hilarious transcript:

Omnipotent One Whose Secret Words Only I Can Hear and Interpret, I promise to slash the size of government just like I have in Texas, where government spending and debt has almost doubled in the 11 years I’ve been governor.

O Big Man in the Sky Who Can Kick The Ass of All Other Gods, I promise to focus on jobs, like we do in Texas, where more of our workers earn the minimum wage than in any other state.

O Magical Daddy Who I Must Obey If I Know What’s Good For Me, I promise to keep cutting taxes on corporations and rich people by slashing school budgets and using phony accounting gimmicks.

O Secret Henchman Who Wreaks Revenge on Anyone Who Gets On My Nerves, I promise to bring to the nation the educational results we have in Texas, where we are ranked 47th in literacy.

O Jumbo Being Who Cannot Be Detected in Any Way, But Who I Not Only Detect But Speak For, I promise to force vaccines on children, especially vaccines made by drug companies that give me campaign contributions and hire my staff to lobby for them.

O Invisible Friend Who Only I Am Seeing at the Moment, I promise to shrink government but impose mandatory ultrasounds on women trying to get abortions.

O Incomprehensible Giant Guy Who Despite My Lack of Education or Insight I Am Able to Comprehend (and Translate For), I promise to oppose and criminalize everything gay.

O Unproveable One Who I Can Use as Validation for Doing or Saying Anything I Want, I promise to make schools teach Intelligent Design as a legitimate scientific alternative to evolution.

O Best Friend in the Sky Who Passes Me Secret Notes, I promise to fight against the global warming hoax being perpetrated by evil scientists and government bad guys!

WATCH: Mitch McConnell Takes the Country Hostage [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Mon Aug. 8, 2011 2:39 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Mitch McConnell has kidnapped the country and is making demands. Obama should have learned from the old movies that kidnappers, blackmailers and extortionists are never satisfied with just one hit. As always, that's Saunders doing the voices. Sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org.

WATCH: Koch Brother Pirates Hijack the Country [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Aug. 2, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, we find the Koch brothers and their political minions Cantor, Bachmann and Ryan commandeering the ship of state. They may think they’ve won the prize, but all they’ve done is sink themselves and the rest of us along with them. As always, that's Saunders doing the voices. Sound effects are courtesy of freesound.org.

As if being used for potato chips and Hooters wasn't enough, the American Silencer Association is using an owl logo to promote silencers.

Mon Jan. 7, 2013 3:27 PM PST

When too much isn't even close to enough, how about a Grover Norquist finger puppet, or a gold-plated transvaginal ultrasound wand?

Mon Dec. 10, 2012 3:15 PM PST

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