Rob Tornoe

Rob Tornoe is a local cartoonist and columnist, and can be seen in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Press of Atlantic City, The News Journal, and the Dover Post chain of newspapers. He's also a contributor to Media Matters and WHYY. Web site: RobTornoe.com Twitter: @RobTornoe

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Boston Marathon Bombing

Filed in Delaware, National by on April 16, 2013 6 Comments
Boston Marathon Bombing

Does it really take a horrific bombing that claimed the lives of three people, including an eight-year-old boy, for our politicians to set aside petty difference and work together?

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Fiskered Out

Filed in Delaware by on March 22, 2013 7 Comments
Fiskered Out

Will Fisker ever build a single car in Delaware? If I were a betting man, I’d put my money into the Powerball before I plunked down speculative dollars on the Fisker Atlantic.

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Climate change is real, and it’s causing Delaware to sink

Filed in Delaware by on February 27, 2013 39 Comments
Climate change is real, and it’s causing Delaware to sink

Sen. James Imhoff (R-OK) is noted for suggesting that climate change is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. He’s also the ranking minority member on the Senate’s Environment and Public Works committee.

Wonder why nothing ever gets done about climate change?

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Mike Protack Hates Mental Pedestrians, and Other Troll Comments

Filed in National by on February 26, 2013 20 Comments
Mike Protack Hates Mental Pedestrians, and Other Troll Comments

If I understand Mike Protack correctly, he thinks the push for acceptance of gay rights is a liberal agenda, promoted by mental midgets who hate America and love anal and oral sex, or something:

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The Daily Homophobe, Mike Protack Edition

Filed in National by on February 18, 2013 30 Comments
The Daily Homophobe, Mike Protack Edition

Mike Protack really, really doesn’t want anal or oral sex to be a part of the Boy Scouts.

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Happy New Year Delaware!

Filed in Delaware by on December 31, 2012 2 Comments
Happy New Year Delaware!

When it comes to the end of the year, I’ve always preferred to look ahead, and with Governor Markell saying he expects Delaware to take up marriage equality, 2013 is already looking bright and promising.

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Giving Thanks for Delaware’s Politicans

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 21, 2012 6 Comments
Giving Thanks for Delaware’s Politicans

People are thankful for many different things by the time Thanksgiving rolls around. Some are thankful for their health. Others are happy they have close friends and a loving family. I’m thankful for politicians.

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Why “The Papa” is a Grade-A Dirtbag

Filed in National by on November 12, 2012 25 Comments
Why “The Papa” is a Grade-A Dirtbag

Better pizza. Better ingredients. Buy local.

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Uninspiring GOP candidates drive the party into statewide obscurity

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 7, 2012 20 Comments
Uninspiring GOP candidates drive the party into statewide obscurity

State GOP chairman John Sigler said, “We have a lot of work to do but we’ve accomplished an awful lot.” What exactly did they accomplish, and how long before they win back the trust of big donors in the party still miffed about Christine O’Donnell?

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Jeff Cragg Turns to Creationist Governor For Fundraising Help

Filed in Delaware by on October 9, 2012 1 Comment
Jeff Cragg Turns to Creationist Governor For Fundraising Help

Tonight, Maine Governor Paul LePage will attend a fundraiser for Republican candidate Jeff Cragg as a special guest. If you read today’s News Journal, you know how pitiful Jeff Cragg’s fundraising has been ($60,000 total, $26,250 coming from his own checkbook), so any fundraising help is probably welcome for the Republican gubernatorial candidate. However, LePage [...]

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Kevin Wade and Jeff Cragg

Filed in Delaware by on July 11, 2012 11 Comments
Kevin Wade and Jeff Cragg

This morning, Delaware businessman Jeff Cragg officially filed his candidacy for Governor. Wait, we’re cutting in with a breaking report…

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Tornoe’s Toon: Health Care Reform

Filed in Delaware by on June 28, 2012 54 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Health Care Reform

For tea baggers, facts and constitutionality won’t change a thing – that bubble is too darn thick!

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It’s Not a Flip-Flop If You Get It Right

Filed in Delaware, National by on May 12, 2012 3 Comments
It’s Not a Flip-Flop If You Get It Right

What is the definition of a flip-flopper?

It’s interesting to explore the origin of the term. Famed New York Times columnist William Safire wrote about a U.S. politician in the late 19th century who was refereed to as “the Florida flopper” by an opponent. Safire noted that the “fl” sound appearing twice [...]

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Chris Christie: Less Superman, More Clark Kent

Filed in National by on February 20, 2012 3 Comments
Chris Christie: Less Superman, More Clark Kent

By vetoing a same-sex marriage bill that a majority of New Jerseyans supported, Christie has proven who the true leaders are – Republican party officials that hate the whiff of anything gay.

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Eye of Newt

Filed in Delaware, National by on February 10, 2012 5 Comments
Eye of Newt

Newt Gingrich might have called out Mitt Romney on his “pious baloney,” but poor Newt might now be classified as “desperate baloney” after being eclipsed this week by the frothy Rick Santorum in Colorado and Minnesota.

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Super Bowl Cartoons

Filed in National by on February 5, 2012 10 Comments
Super Bowl Cartoons

I draw for a lot of different newspapers in the area. So check out a couple of cartoons about today’s Super Bowl…

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Tornoe’s Toon: A Civil Union-y New Year!

Filed in National by on December 29, 2011 4 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: A Civil Union-y New Year!

I’ve drawn my fair share of cartoons on why civil unions are a step-forward, but gay marriage is the way to go if you’re looking for true equity.

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Come check out my cartoons on Friday at Film Bros. in Wilmington

Filed in National by on November 2, 2011 4 Comments
Come check out my cartoons on Friday at Film Bros. in Wilmington

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I’ll be displaying some of my cartoons at Film Bros. as part of the November Art Loop. The reception is 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., and afterward is the monthly re:Fresh after party, with music provided by DJ EA, so everyone should stop by and check [...]

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The ‘Lessons’ We Never Learned From 9/11

Filed in National by on September 8, 2011 8 Comments
The ‘Lessons’ We Never Learned From 9/11

It’s hard to take the slogan “never forget” seriously when, as a country, we never learned the true lessons of 9/11 in the first place.

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My Cartoon on Meet the Press

Filed in Delaware, National by on May 9, 2011 9 Comments
My Cartoon on Meet the Press

I was out shopping for groceries for Mother’s Day Sunday morning when I found out that my cartoon about the death of Osama bin Laden was featured on this week’s “Meet the Press.”

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Tornoe’s Toon: NFL Tragedy

Filed in Delaware, National by on March 23, 2011 6 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: NFL Tragedy

Back here in the United States, we know a tragedy when we see one.

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Tornoe’s Toon: Christine Can’t Write and Dance at the Same Time

Filed in Delaware, National by on March 2, 2011 2 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Christine Can’t Write and Dance at the Same Time

O’Donnell turning down “Dancing With The Stars” is bad for cartoonists, but great for just about everyone else.

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Tornoe’s Toon: Snowpocalypse

Filed in National by on December 26, 2010 2 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Snowpocalypse

At least you can still play video games when it snows…

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Tornoe’s Toon: A Michael Vick Christmas

Filed in Sports by on December 23, 2010 0 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: A Michael Vick Christmas

When his probation ends in 2012, is it puppy time for the Eagle’s QB?

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Tornoe’s Toon: Eagles vs Cowboys

Filed in National by on December 12, 2010 2 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Eagles vs Cowboys

Who you got tonight?

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