Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 25, 2022

Why am I perceiving this in political terms?

oh, Sally, you think Santa Claus is the real deal?

Poor Linus.

Halloween is far too comercialized so handle me with care.

Sally knows. She will never let you forget about the night she missed out on Trick or Treat because of you.

A Tale and hoax.

A Trump and a Trump.

Another one to whom Linus will owe restitution.

You go, girl. Tell it like it is!

Wondering when he’ll pass out the pamphlets.

It’s a tough ‘rind’ you got there Linus, proclaiming the Great Pumpkin.

Sally, that’s no way to talk to your Sweet Baboo!

You have to believe in a little mystery!

The Great Pumpkin is thought my most to be just Linus confusing Halloween with Christmas and Santa. I always thought it had religious overtones. The ridicule some people suffer for their belief. There was a nobility to their suffering. And the GP arcs got to be less noble as the years went on. Linus looks stupid, thinking a bowling ball or a cactus was TGPMirroring Schutz views on organized religion. He was quite religious early on but got angry with it later. He got a lot of flak from Christians when he divorced his first wife. And he hated the christian views on Homosexuality. He was very good friends with tennis player Billie Jean King and was vilified for it. In the 70’s, the strip got less religious especially with Linus asking “Has it ever occurred to you that you might be wrong?” at Bible camp.

1) Fake news? (Which one?)

2) Sally, you need to be careful if you’re going do battle against the Great Pumpkin. The world is full of pumpkin spies.

Sally has learned her lesson from when she was waiting with Linus for the Great Pumpkin.

46.

She’s also not like Sally in the sense that she punches harder. Much harder, Linus.

Yay! The Great Pumpkin!

It is odd that the Great Pumpkin that Linus worshiped, was first in the cartoon in 1959. Schultz must have been psychic. Linus had the total faith of a true MAGAt, despite the fact that his deity let him down time after time. However, in his defense, at least the large orange entity he worshipped didn’t do any harm. He never dismantled a program designed to prevent a pandemic a year before covid hit. He never stole top secret government documents and did God only knows what with them. He never organized a coup attempt when it became obvious that he had no chance of remaining in office. Maybe we should all just go sit in a pumpkin patch.

Peppermint Patty can take the cold a lot better than Sally.

But she’ll be disappointed when only “The Small Acorn Squash” shows up.

Liz Cheney – the early years.

Hey, that’s your “Sweet Baboo” you are talking to!

Sadly most new religions fail in the first year…

Linus doesn’t look like a Qannon type, but you never know…

Just described Lucy, Sally.

“Myth” and “Legend” don’t necessarily imply falsehood.

“How about a lie and a fraud?”

Isn’t most religion?

In other words, the WHOLE Biden Administration….

Not set as a political cartoon and yet the week minded had to comment

The great pumpkin is real. He tried to take over the country and hopefully will go to prison.

Anyone hope Linus doesn’t grow up to be a political consultant?

Sally, If you care about your SWEET BABOO you better start sitting in the pumpkin patch.

You should have quit while you were ahead. A “myth” and a “legend” are less hurtful than a “lie” and a “fraud.” Good thing Linus probably doesn’t know this.