Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 23, 2011

This won’t be the last time he’ll be asking his Dad for money.

My condolences to those readers who were fantasizing about a romance between Jeff and RB just because she detected a feminine touch in the Sorkh Razil narrative.RB (Becca Fickle) doesn’t care for men. Imagine what Leo (who admired Alex’s friend Drew) would say if he met RB: “T-t-too ambitious!”

I doubt she’s happy, Jeff.

(Also, p.d., is GT giving you inside info, or are you just pulling a Danae on us?)

5 Bucks!? But I’m just a Blogger for Pete’s sake!

Wait a minute…if I were McGinnis, I’d want an incompetent unfriendly source like Hedley to spin to my book..Then again, if I were McGinnis, I wouldn’t be writing an unverifiable gossip tome.

It’s Becca’s fault for giving him the wrong galley in the first place. And it should all work out in the end. Idiotic Palin supporters buy the Palin book based on Hedley’s BS, get a dose of reality, the author and publisher (and Becca) profit off their painful education in addition to their regular reader base, Jeff and his dad get a free cup of coffee, everybody wins. Except Sarah Palin, and maybe Hedley. What’s not to like?

Not only is Jeff getting his book deal canceled, he could be subject to legal repercussions. I don’t know if he signed a contract or not. As much as I wanted him to get something good, what he deserves is something else. A bullet to the brain would be kind.

Becca wants her cut. How else will she be able to afford the fall collection at Barney’s? All about the money. Bummer.

Authors always have to split income with publishers, and 50-50 sounds typical.

Man, I hate to think he’s blown his own book deal. He could use the royalties to re-enroll back to school and try to actually learn something this time…

Jeff…?? My least favorite character — in this strip — .(to the tune of “My Sharona”) “waaaay too stupid” doo do do do doo do doo do doo doo do….

All just more of Jeff’s “do-do”… or in his case “don’t don’t” and “think think”…

Considering that Hedley is getting his head chewed off over this, Jeff’s dad can’t feel too bad about being overlooked….In fact, he can blog about how Hedley is getting his head chewed off, and whether or not he (or at least his career) survives…

I don’t think RB had $5 in mind when she wanted half of what he got from Roland.

I find it interesting that some commenters blame Becca rather than Jeff. Sure, she should have been more careful with her copy of The Rogue, but her giving it to Jeff was an honest, if careless, mistake whereas Jeff’s deciding not to return it to her was a conscious betrayal of trust. Blame falls much more heavily on him than Becca.

I wish Duke had written “The Rogue,” then the reprise of the last 30 years’ gossip about Sarah Heath Palin would have at least been verified, not to mention interesting.

As it is, McGinniss’ tale is turning out to be an immediate and wonderful sleep aid.

I thought reporters didn’t have to divulge their sources?

Trudeau has one strip left to round off this tedious arc and return us to topics more substantial than the squabble between fictitious characters over the rights to a factitious book.In the hope that GBT will resume the topic of class warfare against the 400 that he sketched last Sunday, I paste in this excerpt from the NYT, Krugman quotes Elizabeth Warren, who is running for Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat:“’There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody,’ she declared, pointing out that the rich can only get rich thanks to the “social contract” that provides a decent, functioning society in which they can prosper.“Republicans claim to be deeply worried by budget deficits. Indeed, Mr. Ryan has called the deficit an ‘existential threat’ to America. Yet they are insisting that the wealthy — who presumably have as much of a stake as everyone else in the nation’s future — should not be called upon to play any role in warding off that existential threat.“Well, that amounts to a demand that a small number of very lucky people be exempted from the social contract that applies to everyone else. And that, in case you’re wondering, is what real class warfare looks like.”

One thing’s for sure… Jeff’s “flush” has been flushed.

@PokerFaced – I am the American middle class, and I can tell you that SP doesn’t need the left or anybody to show the world how ridiculous she is. She’s a narcissist who’s amply made a fool of herself, all by herself, without anybody’s help.

Can you imagine how someone who identifies with Jeff’s character must feel when he/she reads all these negative comments? Blame Jeff for the Predator, blame Jeff for the helicopter, blame Jeff for the wedding faux pax, blame Jeff for striking out with the “Babes”, blame Jeff for the book. I bet Duke blames Jeff for Bmz… What’s next, blame Jeff for class warfare? On top of that, Mel blames everybody for everything.

Jeff’s typical of “latchkey children” who get their “bottom line” values from emotionally distant parents, who were obsessed with their own “causes”. Now, Rick’s relationship with Jeff is like a Harry Chapin song.

Wonder when Duke and Earl are going to hook up with Rick Perry’s campaign?