The Looney Tunes of the Liberal Left

From 1929 to the present day, there have been 1,041 cartoons produced and released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies label. Some of the stars of this iconic animated series include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Foghorn Leghorn.

Like many Baby Boomers, I spent many Saturday mornings glued to the TV as I watched the Road Runner evade Wile E. Coyote, Tweety Bird escape from Sylvester the Cat, and Bugs Bunny outsmart Elmer Fudd. Ah, the innocence of childhood!

And then it hit me…

Each of the aforementioned characters has a modern-day equivalent in the Liberal Left. And so, without further ado, here is my list of the Looney Tunes who occupy positions of power within the Democrat Party.

Elmer Fudd is a tongue-twisted and often befuddled character who tries to hunt down that “Wrascally Wabbit” but fails every time. Sounds to me like the mumbling, bumbling, and stumbling octogenarian who currently occupies the Oval Office. Elmer also wears a hat, possibly to cover up his hair plugs.

Speaking of Bugs, close your eyes and picture Barack Obama chewing on a carrot. Both Barack and Bugs have a way of sweet-talking their way out of problems and predicaments. They both prefer fun and frolicking as opposed to hard work, which may be why our Golfer-in-Chief played 333 rounds during his eight years in office or one round every 8.77 days. Then, of course, there were those annual – and very extended – vacations in Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard.

Daffy Duck meet your real-life counterpart, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Actually, Daffy makes more sense when he talks than AOC, so I may have to rethink that comparison.

Foghorn Leghorn is known for his bluster and so is Senate President Chuck Schumer. Remember when Chuckie claimed that Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch had “released the whirlwind” and as a result, they would “pay the price” for overturning Roe v. Wade? Just like ol’ Foghorn, Schumer is full of nothing but hot air.

Pepe Le Pew pictures himself as a suave bon vivant who is irresistible to the fairer sex. In reality, Pepe is a skunk who stinks… and so is Gavin Newsom.

Porky and Petunia Pig dress up in a jacket and bow tie for him and a dress with hair ribbons for her. But guess what? They are still swine. And the fact that Porky is usually pictured au naturale from the waist down makes the Bill and Hillary Clinton comparison inevitable.

Speedy Gonzalez is a tiny mouse who wears a Mexican hat to make himself look taller. He is glib and a very fast runner, but never seems to accomplish much. Yep, that’s you to a tee, “Mayor” Pete Buttigieg.

Spinning wildly out of control while creating havoc, grunting incomprehensively, and drooling from the mouth? Look no further than Maxine Watters for the congressional version of the Tasmanian Devil.

To his credit, Wile E. Coyote never gives up in his quest to catch the Road Runner. But alas, the speedy bird gets away every time. Kinda reminds me of the mainstream media and Donald Trump. Every time the MSM builds a bomb, it blows up in their face… and deservedly so.

Tweety Bird? Kamala Harris. The only way to keep her from saying something nonsensical is to lock her away in a cage.

I had to reach way back to Barney Frank to find the congressional equivalent of the spitting, sputtering, and salivating Sylvester the Cat, but if you remember the 16-term Representative from Massachusetts, I think you’ll agree that I nailed this one.

Last, but not least, is Yosemite Sam. However, since he has a long red handlebar mustache and always carries a firearm, I think he is really a closet Republican.