August 27, 2008 04:45 am To the editor: The Gloucester Daily Times recently printed cartoons two straight days about Barack Obama that appear to come straight from the McCain campaign's playbook. The first shows him as a king with the media (including favorite whipping boy the N.Y. Times) as slavish courtiers doing his bidding. I read the Times Web page every day and this is nonsense; they dissect both candidates' statements and position changes with equal diligence and, along with their liberal op-ed writers, have nationally known conservative columnists David Brooks and William Kristol having at Obama. The second equates Obama with a shallow stoner dude "like doing Europe, man!" — a shameless pickup on the shameless McCain ad comparing him to pitiful celebrities Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears. I am not an "Obamaniac" but find this belittlement insulting. Why don't you instead run a series of cartoons on the serious issues that perhaps affect Cape Ann and have some thoughtful assessment of how the two candidates' positions address these concerns? Mike Dyer Indian Rock Lane, Essex
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