Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for July 13, 2010

Love it.

I keep forgetting that Brewster wasn’t, er, born stupid.

Don’t be silly, what public figure is so stupid that she has to write notes on her hands before she gives speeches?

Both of them are just reciting words written by others, so call it a draw. The problem is that the one reading from the teleprompter is in charge of our country for two more years.

I’ll be more careful with my collander from now on.

i am pretty sure use of some sort of aid is common to most public speakers. it isn’t use of notes that speaks to me of the intelligence of either.

I’m a lot smarter than Brewster. I just have to write “LEFT” and “RIGHT” on mine. Still not sure how to get the shoes on the right … uhhh…whatever those things are down there.

Biker friend of mine used to have “CLUTCH” and “BRAKE” printed on his left and right sleeves.

Rightwingmoron, Sandfan, Olmail: I’m old enough to remember when politicians read their speeches off typed sheets of paper. They made no attempt to hide this fact or pretend they were somehow ad-libbing the speech as they went. And We the People were smart enough to view this as a good thing–when Ike warned us about the military-industrial complex, or JFK announced the blockade of Cuba, it was kind of reassuring to know the president and his advisors had spent some time thinking about the issue, chosen what they thought were the best words, and gone to the trouble of writing them down before standing up in front of the nation. Nowadays the pols seem to want us to believe they’ve just now pulled the latest policy announcement out of their behinds, as in “hey, I haven’t thought much about this, but what the heII, let’s send a few thousand more soldiers over to Afghanistan,” or “hey, I haven’t asked anybody about the risks or possible rewards, but whaddaya say we drill for oil, oh, I don’t know, maybe over there?” And We the People seem to prefer this, which makes me wonder about us…

Did the teleprompter read, “In10 minutes we bomb Moscow”? Hey, Ronny/Brewster? Naw!

Hey PUDDLE I’m inclined to believe you. It had to be ad libbed to say I’m sending 30,000 men to die, then 3 minutes later say “but I’m pulling them out on such and such a date” He couldn’t have planned to give aid and comfort if he had thought about it, could he?

Uh, I’m sorry. What was the question?

With all the inappropriate politics creeping into these comments, I’m beginning to long for old fashion spammers.

From Flash Gordon to Flash Memory…..

and the first finger on his right hand should be titled: booger remover

Well, pdchapin, you could try some old-fashioned flagging in response, although I think that would be overkill. :)

And now for something completely different:

The outfit on the alien in the middle panel makes me wonder how many aliens infiltrated human society in the 1970s.

It would be stupid to ad-lib major decisions, policy statements, and responses to crises, if that’s the point the cons are trying to make. However, anyone should be able to come up with a response to a question like “What do you read?”

I don’t get it!

I wrote Right and Left on my hands to remind me which is which, but I got them reversed. Now my mirror image is correct, so it must be smarter than me.

Well, Mr. Bush also used a tele-promp-ter but to ill effect. He couldn’t read; he had to interpret the cartoons inked on the screens by his handlers, thereby inventing neologisms by the bucketful.

Memory wipes? What memory wipes?

After seeing Cliff in a Speedo, it was Pam who wanted the memory wipe.

Sadly, Dr. Mel only had spleen wipes.