Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 08, 2012

Try the cake DEddie,its not stale.

I’d have to drink a lot of Captain Morgan before I could watch Captain Eddie in a debate. Thank god they all have left Iowa…the pigs were getting upset.

I wonder whether the architects of the debate structure have had second thoughts.

No, Eddie, you can’t. You don’t have enough money.

I think Eddie could not pass the crazy test. He’s not crazy enough.

I know a woman who says she wants Obama out of office too. Says she doesn’t trust him. She can’t give a reason for that — proud to say she doesn’t need to know why. It doesn’t bother her that she doesn’t know why she doesn’t trust him. She seems to have fallen for all the propaganda. I’m afraid there are a lot of people like her… and they are allowed to vote.

I’d vote for Cap’n Eddie. Put Paulie on the same ticket and I’d even start campaigning for the both of them. Not sure I want the mouse under his hat in the House, though…

@saywhatwhat – while others on the other side of the political spectrum will vote obama “because” and likewise have fallen for all the propaganda. And I’m afraid there are a lot more of people of this same ilk….and they too are allowed to vote.

…And then ther are those poor, deluded souls who think that either party is any better than (or any different from) the other, and who will vote against the current president not only because of the actions of the president that was in power before him, but because that previous presiden’t’s party, the one largely responsible for the current mess and who now controls congress has done nothing but block the current president’s efforts to do anything, then sits back and criticizes the president for not getting anything done. The fact that there are scores of people stupid enough to fall for that AND think they’ll end up with something different, and that they’re allowed to vote… that’s what scares me…

OK, even though I saw that one coming right down Michigan Avenue, I still laughed. That’s the beauty of Wiley. His artwork and comic timing always make it an enjoyable ride, even when you’re in on the joke.

Oh, the show they’re watching? A bunch of bat poop crazy people chasing an empty suit. Cue the Benny Hill music…..

new hampshire should ban all those politicians’ signs on the road, and no campaigning in those coffee shops/diners. most people just want to eat their meal,, drink their coffee, and drive to where ever they are going without having their roads covered in candidates’ signs. so, a robot, anal guy, a crazy, a liar, a bore, and an idiot are the choices for the gop. if this is what the gop offers, then i don’t want any part of it.

The cat always has Cap’n Eddie’s back. Someone has to….

I’ve had it with debates! They accomplish nothing!!! They all are liars – they’ll say anything just to get elected!!

How long, O Lord, how long?. Ten more months. God help us all.

Eddie has less chance getting on it than them letting Mr. Colbert and Cesar host one.

CAP’N EDDIE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

The human race needs mature adult supervision….

When watching the debates it is probably a good idea to remember that the primary purpose of TV is entertainment. This series when compared with The Kardasians, The Bachelor, and Real Housewives of Podunk measures up quite well.

Come on Wiley, I knew in the first frame where this joke was going. Where’s the funny?

@Just4Kixx: do you listen to yourself? You wrote that there is no difference between the parties, and then blamed the Republicans for everything! haha!

i’m glad this is not a political cartoon

you dont need money Eddie you just have to get somebody to give you money to be a polition

A certain party needs to stop grandstanding and do what’s best for the country. When I was in school (many years ago), I was taught that governing is the art of compromise. That certainly seems to be the case and it appears to have been forgotten. (And remember, refusing to act IS an action).

You probably think that you’re being very clever here, but you only reveal your own childishness (and profound racism). President Obama has been a positive force for the past three years and will continue to be so for the next five. This is especially easy to predict when one listens to the batpoop crazy nonsense pouring out the mouths of the clowns with which the republicans are proposing to challenge him. My suggestion to you is: go back to grade school, complete your elementary education, stop watching Fox “news”, read a book and get some psychiatric help, because you need it real bad.

Has your freedom improved after ANY election? Are you any less regulated? You’re all delusional!

sorry ed not far out enough…

It really doesn’t matter which candidate, Democrat or Republican, wins. They get their marching orders from the plutocrats who put them there. One way out may be to support this effort: http://www.americanselect.org/

Change merely for the sake of change is not necessarily a good change.

‘course in the same vein, it’s not necessarily a bad change either.

Politically speaking, I believe the old adage, the more things change the more they stay the same.

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

Our 2-party system is so broken, that we will never get out of this economic quicksand with either in charge.

And please, dear God, anyone except Obama, or Ron Paul.

#6: What has Obama done to enhance our dismal economy? Back to The Village for you.

Laugh about, shout about it, when you have to choose,Anyway you look at it you lose

I would watch Capt Eddie in a political debate With Paulie on his shoulder.It could prove veerrry interesting..

I just spent half an hour searching for a YouTube video for this strip. It would fit better here rather than with Doonesbury. Did I find it? No such luck. It is a 4-5 minute snippet by two comedians from Vancouver BC who (tongue in cheek) want the American public to accept another candidate for the American presidency. Canada. .Please help me find it. Your funny bone will be amused.

If only it was just another game, but since there is a possibility one of these guys might end up running this once great nation, that makes it terribly scary.

All of them want to protect their precious super rich.

Not a one has any idea what it’s like to be on food stamps, homeless, or be from a race They scorn. Black, Hispanic and Arabic alike have much to fear from all of them. And now our government can take away any citizen, put him in jail without a lawyer, and make them disappear for great lengths of time. Plus are planning to make it easy to strip one of their citizenship. A real reason to be very afraid.

With due respect to both sides I would like to say a word or two.

Republicans——-I was once way left of center, and hated anything that was presented by your party. Ronald Reagon taught me a lot and I started my journey to the right. Then for a number of reasons I don’t reaslly understand, except to call them manifestations of greed, our jobs started going overseas. This start didn’t happen under Bush, the most recent one, rather the elder Bush. While those of us still working did well under Clinton, we watched in awe as textiles and clothing began to be dominated by asian markets. Big manufactoring was said to be “safe”. After “Newt” and his crowd took over Congress, the bleeding began again. Now, I’m an ex furniture worker since 2004.

Democrats——-I started at voting age, to be way left of center. I was 18 in 1969. My heroes were the Kennedy brothers, and still are. Well, not Ted, he was a drunken blowhard riding on their legacy. After the USMC, I had to put up with Nixon and Ford. Jimmy Carter was a breath of fresh air. What a dissapointment. Not only was he ubable to work with Congress he had no backbone for international relations. Yes, he did try to rescue the hostages in Iran, but botched it. Reagan actually did some good for the USA. I almost went back to Democrat until I realized what a disservice Clinton had done to all of us by signing China as a Most Favored Nation for trade. I watched as the trickle of jobs going overseas became a flood. NAFTA wasn’t the problem. China trade was.

Now I am a centrist. Our country has become so populace and diverse that it is time to rethink a lot of things. We need to balance stewardship of the land with stewardship of our people. Because of our large population we have more people that cannot help themselves. This is due to aging and disability. Whatever the disability, drugs, mental, physical or whatever, we as a Nation must help one another. On the other hand, free enterprise and non-government held businesses are absolutely necessary for our survival. These businesses must bring jobs back to our country in order for people who can work to work. Schools must be put back in the busness of teaching skills necessary for working. And truly bad and neglectful parenting must be rooted out and punished. Schools are for skill teaching, not morality. And finally, we need truly affordable heaslth care. Not the stpid free market junk the GOP wants and not the mess Pelosi and her thugs shoved down our throats. I cannot afford insurance for my bride and I cannot foresee that changing in 2014.

I hope you all will see that I do not want you to think this is a hateful comment. I hope it is more hopeful than most. Have a good day all.

Found!YouTube video is about 1-2 minutes.. “The Canada Party – 2012 Election” and hopefully this is the right address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrhA0sEkuaM/go … have a laugh. And remember . its satire, meant to be funny, tongue in cheek.

Painfully true.It’s too bad Cap’n Eddie coouldn’t join in; he would be the smartest one up there – and the most honest.

@Brian Ransom: I merely blamed republicans for the current mess because, well, they are to blame for it. Bank bailouts, automaker bailouts, millions of foreclosures, millions of lost jobs, etc – this all started during Bush’s watch. And the republicans have thrown up every roadblock available to them to prevent the current president for doing anything about it. And they only do so so that come election time they can say “Look at the mess we’re in, and he didn’t do anything about it”. The “They’re all the same” comment came not from current affairs, though, but from past ones. Four years ago Bush found himself in the same situation, GOP president with DEM controlled house, and similarly, he could get nothing done. Which, in the case of Bush was probably a good thing. My point was that it all comes to the same thing:GOP controlled congress blocks every bill that passes before it because “it goes too far”. Example: “We cannot support stricter controls on banks because the proposed controls are too strict, so we’ll oppose any controls at all until we get our way”.DEM controlled ccongress blocks every bill that passes before it because “it doesn’t go far enough”. Example: “We cannot support a bill reducing pollution because it doesn’t reduce pollution enough, so we’ll oppose any reductions at all until we get our way”. These, of course, are examples I pulled out of my @$$ for illustrative purposes, but the net result is the same: Come election day the opposing party sits back and says “Look, this was the president’s responsibility, and he didn’t fix it”.And the funny thing is I’m not even American, but we went through several years of this same crap here in Canada when we had several back-to-back minority governments (but reverse, cons were in power, libs were opposition). The governing party could get nothing done because opposition blocked every bill, then an election would be forced and the opposition would say the current gov’t hasn’t done anything. And the sole purpose for any of it is to get their own @$$es elected, screw the people. Thankfully Canadians finally had enough and voted in a majority and roundly punished the party responsible for the several years of nothing getting done (not to mention several unneccesary elections)…

It IS perception, after all. Or, ‘guided’ and influenced perception. So for the rulers, money IS speech.

The comics are exceptionally good today!

Nice comments but really, pick an avatar…

So here’s the debate…A chance to spew hate…Against those you are with…And those you would split…

That the state of the nation…Needs an explanation…Why the rich are much more…And the rest, so much poor…

So the man we now need…Must act with all speed…To fix the world in a day…So that Jesus can say…

“I’m back now my children…So fear not the day when…You can’t pay your rent…And your savings are spent…

Because I have annointed the few…To be the shepherds for you…And they will lead you to peace…And for any doubt to cease…

So that you may die off..Without a fatal cough…But from lack of any hope…That your next President won’t be a dope…"