Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 12, 1976

Transcript:

Man: I tell you, it's a smear campaign! I mean, what's the big deal?! Everybody else does it! Everybody! I don't know anyone who doesn't!! Dan Rather: That was the scene on Capitol Hill last week as Philip Ventura turned a gaffe into a front assault - on his colleagues, his constituents, on American society as a whole. Good evening. I'm Dan Rather, and tonight, on a special edition of "60 Minutes," we will attempt to answer the question, "Does everybody do it?" Noise; Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick! Rather: And if so, "how?"