Perhaps I should point out that this cartoon was penned four weeks ago, the day after Kellyanne Conway famously uttered it. This is when I really miss the immediacy of editorial cartooning.
Spicer said, “… largest audience to ever witness an inauguration – period – both in person and around the globe.” He did not say, “Present at the inaugration in person” he said, “both in person and around the globe.” So there might be a smidgen of truth in what Spicer said.
That being so, please do not draw any conclusions about my attitude toward POTUS.
The Republicans are not really lying about the basic ideals on which they base their political philosophy. In order to be genuinely lying, you have to not believe it yourself. In the alternate universe created by Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, etc, the lies have been repeated so often, and by so many people that they are actually believing themselves now. This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
Ruddickfam4 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Todays best
Adiraiju almost 8 years ago
Didn’t Berkeley Breathed do a couple of strips like this a few weeks ago?
Dtroutma almost 8 years ago
I always carry a bag for my dog’s. Need a street sweeper and a belly dump for the new inhabitants of the swamp.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 8 years ago
That’s where Bannon gets his ideas to pass on to the POTUS.
Sho’nuf!!!
Superfrog almost 8 years ago
As dumb as …..
Varnes almost 8 years ago
The funny thing is his dog is named Kellyanne……..BTW, this is great one Wiley….Well played…..
mr_sherman Premium Member almost 8 years ago
The dumpster supporters should start chiming in soon.
Wiley creator almost 8 years ago
Perhaps I should point out that this cartoon was penned four weeks ago, the day after Kellyanne Conway famously uttered it. This is when I really miss the immediacy of editorial cartooning.
Radish... almost 8 years ago
That is all you are going to get from the current administration.
sandpiper almost 8 years ago
There aren’t bag big enough to pick up after the next 4 years
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 8 years ago
This will be an interesting new entry in Roget’s.
Al Nala almost 8 years ago
Thar be a big pile of alternate “facts” around.
Can't Sleep almost 8 years ago
Wiley, you’ve got it wrong – “Alternative Facts” are those piles bull’s drop. What dogs drop is simply a pile of Trump.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Recommended reading: “My Bloody Massacre,” by Mark Twain.
Godfreydaniel almost 8 years ago
Wonder if an upcoming Simpsons episode will have Bart (or Conway!) writing on the blackboard 1000 times, “Alternative facts are lies.”
Germanshepherds4ever almost 8 years ago
Love you, Wiley!!!!!
Holden Awn almost 8 years ago
Anyone who has ever been in a relationship should be able to understand exactly what “alternative facts” are, and how commonly they appear.
BiathlonNut almost 8 years ago
That being so, please do not draw any conclusions about my attitude toward POTUS.
halvincobbes Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Love it!
ChessPirate almost 8 years ago
@omnius
Alternative Facts are nothing but Elephant Excrement! Real men and women embrace real facts.
@TXGal
Like Hillary embraced her alternative facts and Brian Williams embraced his alternative facts right up until the were pointed out as “false facts”?
They’re not real men and women… ☺
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Yet ironically that ground is made for those deposits, our corpses are made to enrich the soil. But we being able to ignore Nature hold back.
Diane Lee Premium Member almost 8 years ago
The Republicans are not really lying about the basic ideals on which they base their political philosophy. In order to be genuinely lying, you have to not believe it yourself. In the alternate universe created by Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, etc, the lies have been repeated so often, and by so many people that they are actually believing themselves now. This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
J Quest almost 8 years ago
“Just remember, it’s not a lie , if YOU believe it ..” George Costanza.
dflak almost 8 years ago
Real fact: I fear my government more than I fear terrorists.
Charlie Tuba almost 8 years ago
This is what Donald Trump’s alternative facts smells like.
dogday Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Timing notwithstanding, VERY nicely not-said!
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Better than alternative crap…
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Oh, wait…
moontime70 almost 8 years ago
Ever since Trump became POTUS, this term seem to be gaining popularity.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Best yet.