Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 07, 2010
March 06, 2010
March 08, 2010
Transcript:
Boopsie: How about making some muffins? Sam: Great, I'll lick the bowl! Boopsie: The usual division of labor. Sam: Well, you're good at measuring. Mom, I'll tell you what I want to be when I grow up if you promise not to tell the cousins because I thought of it first! Boopsie: Okay, I promise. What do you want to be? Sam: A surrogate! Boopsie: A surrogate? Sam: Yup. A political surrogate! You get to be on TV all the time, everyone wants your opinion, and you get a good job later if you don't mess up! Boopsie: What happens if you mess up? Sam: Don't ask. You don't want to go there. Boopsie: Oh, come on, how bad could... Sam: It's gross. They throw you under a bus.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 15 years ago
Yikes!
rayannina almost 15 years ago
I was going to comment about how it’s just an expression … but actually, being thrown underneath a real bus might be preferable to what happens in politics.
florchi almost 15 years ago
Recently elected U.S. Senator, Scott Brown, employed his daughters as political surrogates. Prez Bill Clinton used James Carville, and others as surrogates, especially when dealing with negative issues. Candidate John Kerry touted his own service in Vietnam, which sounded too much like bragging (using a surrogate to say the same thing would have been the better way convey the information). Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Michelle Obama serve as political surrogates for the sitting president. Perhaps Sam has a smart career idea here….?
Yukoneric almost 15 years ago
Squishy squashy wishy washy
longtimecomicsfan almost 15 years ago
Not so sure about Michelle Obama. First Ladies haven’t been out in front on policy issues since Hillary got pilloried in the 90’s. (They usually get a minor war - on drugs, obesity, illiteracy, etc. to champion)
FriscoLou almost 15 years ago
Liz Cheney and the Palin kids are surrogates. Even Trig.
Dirty Dragon almost 15 years ago
God forbid you grow up to be Lanny Davis.
jpozenel almost 15 years ago
Well this is certainly something different today!
freeholder1 almost 15 years ago
Dan Quayle, Spiro Agnew, the entire fox network, Sarah Palin, GWB, Rush Limppaw. Just listing the Republican surrogates, Flor. And at least Kerry actually served in Nam and saw some real fire. He could have been hiding home with Dick and George if he’d had enough rich relatives.
SClark55 almost 15 years ago
I disagree w/ all Garry’s politics, but he sure can nail it. Great strip as always.
Wildcard24365 almost 15 years ago
So, THAT’S what happened to Sarah!
byamada almost 15 years ago
Actually…
…if you foul it up often enough you get a column at the Washington Post.
mlswartz_99 almost 15 years ago
I’m sure there’s some sort of point that’s being made, but since I don’t spend my time watching the tabloid, “news” networks I really don’t know what it is.