Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 19, 2014

Nixon — always thinking of others.

Did they import the front gate from Da Nang?

If you go through all the strips that GT has done since the current occupant took office you’ll notice that surprisingly few are about him, despite the juicy cock-ups that have occurred under his watch that would have made great fodder for the strip. GT didn’t even get as far as creating an avatar for him.

Obama likes his dronesI want a couple myself

I was astonished that when Nixon passed that they neglected to drive a wooden [white oak] stake through his heart! It would have stopped many things today from reoccurring.

And you don’t?

Sounds like the current White House. Players change but things stay the same.

Nixon believed (however wrongly) that he was protecting the country. Obama only cares about defending his Obamacare legacy.

Don’t worry, we got an independent counsel so that we could never let another president engage in Nixon-style dishonesty without risk of impeachment. And it’s also good for punishing intern sexy times!

Wow, deju vu, Nixon = Obama

@pschearerWhat was Nixon defending the country from?Was DNC chairman, Lawrence O’Brien, a KGB spy?Did George McGovern — or any other Democrat. — have a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Nixon in 1972?What great threat existed that Nixon’s minions had to break into Democratic headquarters and install wire taps?

So now calling Obama a socialist, a Hitler, a Stalin isn’t enough? He’s a Nixon? Gasp! I can never vote for him again, then.

I’m often reminded of Nixon’s re-election campaign. Some guy got two Nixon bumper stickers, cut one into, and then posted on his bumper, " NIX ON NIXON"

Wow!! The Troll comments all sound the same today — ya don’t s’pose they might all be from the same person do ya?

@TiggerYou are seriously delusional.

Here are the the Gallup Poll results from 1972:-MonthRichard Nixon® %George McGovern (D) %May 53% 34%June 53% 37%July 56% 37%August 57% 31% 64% 30%Sept. 61% 33%October 60% 34% 59% 36%November 62% 38%Actual result 61% 38%Difference between actual result and final poll -1% 0%-As you can see, McGovern was never a serious threat to Nixon.

@Illegal SeagullLike most of the President’s critics, you don’t know how to spell Benghazi.

I hate Reagan for opening the White House to the religious nut wing of conservatism.

Tell us your definition of Left and Right. There are many possible.

The leftwingpatriot said, it very good and I thought that I’d/we’d had heard the same line of B.S. from a prior prez.