The Right-Cheek Ass Clown of the Month for August, 2015

Well, Dear Readers, it's the right time of a new month, and that means it's time to select the

Right Cheek Ass Clown

for August, 2015

As always, there are plenty of eligible candidates, but this time there's a clear winner ...

The "Oath Keepers"

The "Oath Keepers" describe themselves as a group focused on fulfilling the oath taken by military and police to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic*,” and solemnly intone that they support the Constitution, not the President**. They are composed of members who have, or have previously had, some sort of connection to law enforcement or the military. Unfortunately, they do not always have a connection to good sense.

This past week Ferguson, Missouri, a town roiled by violence stemming from the shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer last year, had its problems increased by the arrival of a group of heavily armed "Oath Keepers" who claimed to be there to protect writers from the conservative website Infowars.com**. A member of the group said that journalists are sometimes robbed or beaten when trying to cover volatile events and that his group wanted to ensure the conservative writers were free to document the protests.

The idea that a group of heavily-armed white men without legal authority**** wandering the streets of angry black neighborhoods might not be a good thing seems not to have occurred to these self-proclaimed defenders of truth, justice, and the American way.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the "Oath Keepers" have richly earned our designation as the August 2015 Right-Cheek Ass Clown of the Month.

Have a good day. Come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo

* Except for those on the far right of the political spectrum.

** The fact that the Constitution (Article II, Section 2) identifies the President as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States", and therefore the ... well ... commander in chief ... is a subtlety lost on many observers on the far right.

*** Inforwars.com is the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was our Left-Cheek Ass Clown awardee in May of this year. 

**** Their Constitutional right to "bear arms" isn't in question ... however, their good sense in doing so at this time and place is. For another example, see our Left Cheek Ass Clown awardee from this past June.