Aaron McGruder

Look at this Judith

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Look at this Judith Miller thing. Isn’t that problematic? Like, she’s getting fed information from the White House and she’s feeding it to her editors and then it’s in the Times and then the people at the White House can quote themselves? And it’s the New York Times!
Aaron McGruder

In USA culture is

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In USA culture is just a matter of commerce. So, you know, I don’t really look for that, and I don’t expect to find it in any city.
Aaron McGruder

I saw Nader shortly

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I saw Nader shortly before the election and – I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term strategy of building a viable third party. So, okay, we’ll get enough votes, you get a little bit more money, and maybe, if there’s continued growth, then maybe eventually there’s hope for a viable, legitimate third party. I think the reason why I didn’t vote for him last time was because we tried that and it didn’t work. Ralph Nader is a very smart guy, and I think he’s got a lot of good ideas.
Aaron McGruder

I think you have

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I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.
Aaron McGruder

I went to Havana,

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I went to Havana, and I was like, Wow, there’s culture everywhere! That was one thing that I did notice when I went to Cuba was that artists are paid to be artists, and poets are paid to be poets, and musicians are paid to be musicians by the government. The government – and I’m not saying that the Cuban government’s perfect – but the government does place a value on culture.
Aaron McGruder

There is no opposition

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There is no opposition party. And the party that is in power is falling apart. Doesn’t that kind of mean the country’s falling apart? I don’t wanna be accused of being an alarmist, but if there’s nothing to replace the government with in terms of an opposition party, and you see it all falling down around you, well doesn’t that mean that we’re all kind of screwed? It kind of feels that way to me. And I’m pretty worried about it, to be honest with you.
Aaron McGruder

I think the two-party

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I think the two-party system is a complete sham; I think it is designed so that the voters can feel like they have the satisfaction of throwing those bums out of office every four to eight years, but without the direction of the country ever significantly changing.
Aaron McGruder

I don’t know what

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I don’t know what the future holds. It seems to be going in a really bad, bad place really quickly, and I don’t have the answers and I don’t have the solutions and I don’t know what’s gonna happen to change it. But the continued apathy will only lead to a worse situation for everybody.
Aaron McGruder