Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 02, 2010
Transcript:
Roland: President Bush, thanks for talking to us before Matt Lauer about your new book, "Decision Points"! George W. Bush: No problem, Roland. Roland: Sir, let's get right into it! How old were you when you made your first big decision? Bush: 40. That's when I decided to quit drinking. I woke up after my birthday party, totally hung-ver, looked in the mirror and said to myself... "I'm ready to be President." Roland: Whoa - I do that too! But usually I'm drunk!
BrianCrook about 14 years ago
Hey, if the spam disappears, then I’m first comment!
In re the character’s realization at age 40: It doesn’t hurt to be a Bush. Of course, he did screw things up for Jeb, the Bush with a few brains.
Well, who knows? Jeb may run in 2016, figuring that people will be ready for another Bush.
G.B. Trudeau decided to use election week to remind us of our narrow escape after eight years of Bush-Dick.
Unfortunately, it appears that voters are about to give the Bush-Dick party a little more power.
Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago
And Roland didn’t have a father who was President.
davers12 about 14 years ago
wait a minute… do we really know who Roland’s father is??
thankyoudonnie about 14 years ago
Can’t decide which is more annoying, the actual spam or the people who have to talk about it every day like something will change.
Potrzebie about 14 years ago
Speaking of spam, have you noticed what the mook is trying to sell? Knock-offs! Can’t we report that to the Feds?
JRC123 about 14 years ago
Still waiting for GT’s icon for Big O…
Maybe he’s afraid to draw it, analogous to the way the members of some religions cannot produce renditions of their prophet/religious figures. Hmmm… But, when in doubt, there’s always room for Bush-bashing!
@billdog: Dunno, I think I’d rather have billionaires influencing politics than pandering to the lazy…
DoctorDan about 14 years ago
JRC - I keep hearing this “pandering to the lazy” rhetoric. What specific new policy do you have in mind? And it has to be one that was not already in force when Obama took office.
odeliasimone about 14 years ago
Love it! The icon sure is the worse for wear now!!!! Not much left of it.
dbhaley about 14 years ago
Neolib is out in force today, showing her usual arrogant contempt for the vox populi and her fears of the judgment they are about to pronounce upon Obama’s policies.
Not just the Tea Party but many of us independents who voted for Obama two years ago have been disillusioned by his fiscal policy, particularly his rescue of the Wall Street banksters. He promised us a change from Bush, then let Summers and Geithner talk him into carrying out Paulson’s ruinous TARP.
Before we give him any more tools to dig us out, Obama needs to show us he understands the pit we’re in and he has to explain it to the people. Failing that, he’s just saying “trust us”—-something a majority of voters are no longer willing to do. The vox populi has wised up since 2008. (Anyone who scoffs at this truth is a neolib, as defined in my logo.)
peter0423 about 14 years ago
Maybe GT’s “icon” for Obama is the fact that you never get to see the real person. (No, I’m not anti-Obama…just bothered.)
DoctorDan about 14 years ago
Neocon - seriously, how does someone who self-identifies as “Neocon” claim to be an independent? As far as showing contempt for the vox populi, how would you characterize the right’s stance toward our constitutionally-elected president? Didn’t that election represent the voice of the people? Or was it the voice of the wrong people?
pschearer Premium Member about 14 years ago
Hey, Americans! Don’t forget to vote!
Remember the new rule: today is for Republicans and tomorrow is for Democrats.
(Let me know tomorrow if you fell for that.)
rvonluchen about 14 years ago
There is talk of Jeb running for President in 2012.
FriscoLou about 14 years ago
DoctorDan makes a good point, and I bet Neocon thinks cons aren’t in cahoots with the bankers.
Bush don’t look so swell today ‘cause of what the “Giant Pelosi’s” did to his “Bush League Rangers” yesterday.
RinaFarina about 14 years ago
Sooner or later I’ll have to check the news to see how the election went. Being a Canadian, in Canada, I am entirely out of touch. Only good thing, I feel no responsibility to vote.
countoftowergrove about 14 years ago
jrmerm said, about 10 hours ago
Bush’s icon is a tire balancing weight
No, it the top of a Roman legionaire’s helmet denuded of its plum.
dfowensby about 14 years ago
this strip wasnt funny when it was new. whatś going on?
dfowensby about 14 years ago
and no, that wasnt bushś Mission Accomplished, it was the Navy´s. they did THEIR job.
iamthelorax about 14 years ago
I’m not foaming, just really annoyed ‘cause I want to see that icon already! And did someone flag my comment? Can’t stand free speech on the internet?
rkozakand about 14 years ago
what is the bush icon and why?
lindz.coop Premium Member about 14 years ago
I love the rusty nails in his hat (head?)
Obama looks like a little boy that doesn’t know what hit him in recent weeks. Time to wake up and make good on some of those campaign promises – like lowering unemployment for starters. I know he has been stymied by the repub bankers and business owners who refuse to give loans or create jobs until their party is in power, but it’s his job to figure out ways around their tactics. Just like he figured out strategies to defeat Hillary.