Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 20, 2012

He picks a romance writer? Oy!

All ready running out of gas.

OMG! How lame!! Lose this particular ghost writer!

Oh, I dunno. Vampire fiction is a pretty decent niche market.

Well he does write “graphic novels” but just not graphic in THAT way.

When he hangs his head you know you’re dealing with an idiot.

Bringing in Stephenie Meyer was a bad idea …

Jeff needs to move back in with his parents. His new digs have dried up the well.

True Bleah.

Sigh. I am old enough to remember the time when being “merciless to the merciless” was called “descending to their level” and was roundly condemned by all decent people. Remember when “winning is the old thing” was regarded as the antithesis of sportsmanship? It is self restraint that divides sport and justice from war, war being the abandonment of restraint in favor of barbarism.

Vampire stuff is sooooo last year… The new hot market is dominance and submission romance stuff, like “50 shades of gray.” Get with the program, Red!

Anybody want a change of pace giggle? Go look at today’s “Family Tree.” Yeah, I know it’s reruns, but the juxtaposition — ah, that’s where the fun lies.

Fifty Shades of Gray Burqa?

“BTW Only martyrs get the 72 virgins, Red.”

And, since he was being killed while not being a martyr, the comic made perfect sense as written.

Looks like it’s back to Mom’s basement.

of course, on a positive note, in truth, who would not want lush yielding flesh? (l.y.f.)

What a peaceful Sunday. So far certain regulars haven’t shown up to turn this into their usual political diatribe.

I’ve been a fan of Trudeau since his college collection in, I believe, 1973…have nearly all of the Doonesbury publications. I think it time, however, to lose the Red Rascal followed by some additional work on his colleague, Zipper.

Yikes!!!

“50 Shades of Grey” may be This Year’s Model, and will no doubt inspire imitators, but I think the Vampire thing still has life in it (so to speak).

" The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. " FDR – Second Inaugural Address 1937

A common misconception. The Quran (surah Al-Waqʿia) says that on Judgement Day people will be divided into 3 classes:

(most faithful and good): they will be nearest to god with immortal youths serving them wine, fruits, and meat. They will have beautiful maidens with large eyes as reward for their deeds.

(believers who have done good deeds): they will live amongst the trees of Paradise, near to flowing water and abundant fruits and the noble maidens, loving and of equal age.

(unbelievers, the unfaithful): they will live amid the scorching, scalding waters under a cloud of black smoke. They had lived in luxury before and persisted in heinous sins.

Man, this is the best song, ever!

I’d hardly think this multifaceted delusion Jeff is perpetuating would need another layer added to it. The Red Vampire, yet.

I LIKED “merciless to the merciless”…those old “Saint” paperbacks were why I became a Green Beret anyway…

before and after working for Aunt Sam there have been a few very satisfying times…along those lines, and I still have hope for many on Wall Street…guillotines, anyone?

Jeff squandered the book revenue on that stupid mansion.He should have bought mutual funds. Top performance combined with excellent risk-management like Fidelity and Pimco.

Yes and before paper there were walls to draw pictures on – hang on, we still do that, I think. Aren’t they the same thing? I think when paper came along it just gave us a better medium to write on – sort of the same as when electronics gave us a better medium than paper.

Bill Ayers? Lame and pedestrian. Go for the gusto, boy sergeant. Osama bin Laden, the Gollum, the Anti-Christ, the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse. Dream big, you lean, green, fighting machine.

You silly person! He Means Rush Limburger is the rightful heir to the throne. Definitely, a ditto head.

Good question. Our boy has answered that question to his own great satisfaction. The short answer is John McCain. You probably don’t want to read the long answer.

Probably. Glad to hear about your successful eye operations. I have been procrastinating having my right eye done. Honestly, combat didn’t scare me half as much as somebody messing with my eye. I know, however, I can’t put it off too much longer.

…speaking of which (what is constitutional), perhaps we should go back a little further. I believe that G Dubya was not legally elected in the first place and that AG should have been – perhaps that also is an inconvenient truth?.

So what do think boy sergeant will come up with next? Multiple social security accounts or the death of Andrew Breitbart? I’m guessing the latter. That seems to be a hot topic at Wingnut Central Headquarters.

“If the Electorial College was followed, then it would be Senator McCain. He was the only qualified candidate to get Electorial College. After that it is a toss up between VP Biden and Speaker Boenher.”

If, after the election was held, it was determined that Obama was not qualified to hold office (not that there is any reason to do so), I don’t see any Constitutional provision which would have allowed Senator McCain to take office. After all, in both the popular vote and the electoral college, more voted against him than voted for him. When John Ashcroft lost his Senate re-election to a dead guy, Ashcroft was not awarded the victory simply because his opponent was unable to take office — and Ashcroft was the incumbent.

Whatever taint might have led to Obama’s disqualification would not have attached to Sen. Biden, since Constitutionally the President and Vice-President are separate offices, and are elected separately. So Biden would probably be the best bet.

With regards to Boner, in 2008 the Speaker of the House was Nancy Pelosi (both before and after the 2009 inaugurations). So if the results of the Presidential/Vice-Presidential elections were simply declared void, the Presidency would have descended upon her.

So if not Obama, you’d have had either Biden or Pelosi. Sure you don’t want to quit while you’re ahead?

It also talks about an ‘Electoral’ rather than an ‘Electorial’ College, as you wrote twice (so presumably not a typo). Even I know that, and I’m British…

Ghost writer? As horrible as being interviewed.