Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 30, 2008
Transcript:
Boopsie: How about making some muffins? Sam: Great, I'll lick the bowl! Boopsie: The usual division of labor. Sam: Well, you're so good at measuring. Mom, I'll tell you what I want to be when I grow up if you promise not tell the cousins because I thought of it first! Boopsie: Okay, I promise. What do you want to be? Sam: A surrogate. Boopsie: A surrogate? Sam: Yup. A political surrogate! You get to be on TV all the time, everyone wants your opinion, and you get a good job later if you don't mess up! Boopsie: What happens if you mess up? Sam: Don't ask. You don't want to go there. Boopsie: Oh, come on. How bad could... Sam: It's gross. They throw you under a bus.
wndrwrthg about 16 years ago
Pretty much sums it up.
mfboyd about 16 years ago
high rewards, high risks.
Radical-Knight about 16 years ago
Sounds fitting.
PiratePTG about 16 years ago
Um, Obama??!!
Radical-Knight about 16 years ago
Wouldn’t a surrogate be a chosen spokesperson or agency? Perhaps a scapegoat?
1MadMan about 16 years ago
Ari Fliecher’s new book should be interesting reading.