Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 12, 2012

If Goat said he were of the Whig party, Pig would come with a toupée.

clearly he is from the no- nothing party

The ultimate comment of despair: “You know his vote counts the same as yours.”

When Howard the Duck ran for president in ’76, he was with the All Night Party.

Rat’s final comment has cut me to the quick! We have too many voters who know nothing about the candidates or issues, sadly, regardless of party.

Goat, you don’t really want more people to join you. It wouldn’t be “fringe” anymore if that happened.Then they’d just go cause as much trouble as the Republicrats and Demopublicans cause now.

Give Pig a coonskin cap and a seat in congress. might not help, can’t hurt more. At least pig cares. He has heart which must count for something!

Pig goes Beyond the Fringe!! (only the UK contingent will get that…)

Maybe Goat claims to be a part of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. It’s a real party, but only in NY. Or maybe he’s into the Prohibition Party. It still exists but since ‘33 it hasn’t been that big a deal.

Not touching this one..

Saywhatdid

Sadly, you speak the truth.

Humankind has always and will always organise itself into cliques, parties and factions. Look at Christianity, for example.

All we can do is pay our money, take our choice and be a participant rather than a passive follower.

I love the species in this strip. He’ll get your goat. What a pig. Don’t be a rat. There’s lots more with these 3 animals.

I’m find myself being goat this time.

Dang, you get a big reaction when one writes about politics…

Let’s see, gay, Hispanic, teacher in an inner city high school, orphaned and raised on SS survivor benefits, Humanist, and agnostic. From where I stand “both sides are the same” is a bunch of mierda. One side would rather I didn’t exist and will do all they can to make out so.

Hey, Pig: what’s this? Beer for breakfast? Can’t possibly get fringier than that.

i’d land about fringeas for democrats and republicans there both idiots…….at least the republicans are trying though (no offence intended just stating how it seems)

Explains the Tea Party, but did someone just actually try to claim that the party that says NO is trying to do something?

Wow. A visual pun. A new low. OK, not so new. Love it anyway.As for the rest, too many people vote with their heart and not their head. Fixing an individual situation can mess up a lot of others (See: Law of Unintended Consequences). At least the Tea Party knows that this country is broke and you can’t fix that sad situation by shoveling money out the door.

Pig with beer? Haven’t seen that since his trip to the “vacation resort.”

That last panel captures it the best. No matter how well informed I am, no matter what I do, or what I say, it won’t matter. Because there are a thousand people to my one that vote stupid. We will never get the masses to vote for an off party. People are willfully ignorant. And they really don’t care.

Maybe in the future the fringe parties will have the advertising power of the big parties and will get rid of them. I wish we had a PIrate party like the Germans do.

Hmmm. A fringe party might be a good thing.

A Fridge party could be better.

Let’s hear it for Parties!!!

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Especially if they have some good fringe music groups playing.

At least Pig didn’t show up dressed as John Noble

Awwwww! Pig looks so adorable in the last panel.

xxx

Hear, hear. Trusted Mechanic, you explained that very well, not that you don’t always, but this one seemed particularly good.

Some people think the Tea Party is an actual political party. Just a reminder that it is not. Although I am not active in the Tea Party movement and don’t agree with everything they say or do, I do admire their original intent to hold government accountable to the people. The government exists to protect its people and their rights; NOT to build a bigger, more influential government. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

I use a spinner to decide who to vote for…and my vote counts the same as yoursMWAHAHAHAHA

Poor Pig, that’s what he gets for drinking beer. It makes you stupid.

“To claim the tea-party ever had altruistic goals is uninformed, willfully or not.”

I respectfully disagree. It’s easy to blanket a whole group disparingly, especially when you disagree with their goals. As government has increased, more new taxes have been imposed on the people. The Tea Party is not against taxes and certainly not against the basic needs those taxes pay for, such as the ones you mention. They have been against more and more taxes used to pay for MORE programs which require a BIGGER government to run those programs. As I said before, I don’t always agree with what they say or do. But in its earliest times, it fought against such policies as spending money to bail out the big corporations, sending money overseas instead of spending money at home, and expanding government bureaucracy. While it is true that SOME say that the Koch brothers had a hand in fostering the movement, the Tea Party began as a grassroots effort to limit government regulation and intrusion.

From Wikipedia:“The Tea Party movement is an American political movement that supports the United States Constitution, adherence to an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution, reduced government spending, reducing taxes, and reduction of the national debt and federal budget deficit. The movement is generally considered to be conservative, libertarian, and populist. The movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009.”

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There’s a party going on right here

a celebration to last troughout the years.

So bring your good times and your laughtertoo

we’re gonna celebrate your party with you !

Come on now

celebration

let’s all celebrate and have a good time

celebration

we go celebrate and have a good time.

It’s time to come together

it’s up to you

what’s your pleasure

everyone around the world

come on

Yahoo!

Yahoo!

celebrate good times

come on

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Some intelligent political comments here, for a change..“That few in public affairs act from a mere view of the good of their country, whatever they may pretend; and, tho’ their actings bring real good to their country, yet men primarily considered that their own and their country’s interest was united, and did not act from a principle of benevolence.” Benjamin Franklin.I would like a candidate to do what is good for the whole of the country, definitely NOT what the people want, because the general public have proven themselves to be ignorant. (Sigh).When given a choice between candidates, I will attempt to choose the lesser of the evils – remembering that no one is perfect. I would rather side with caution as opposed to electing someone who shoots from the hip.

If you REALLY want a Fringe Party, you must dress as an Observer! ;D

Wear a big plastic bowl on your head for the Tupperware Party!

How rare, a clarion voice of sanity in the mire of madness that is politics today.I’m with you on Mitt, just another spoiled Ivy League frat boy (like Bush the Lesser) who’s full of negativity towards the President, but devoid of any real ideas or ideals.

Roger Daltry will be there too

a change of leaders is the delight of fools

Why can’t readers stick to commenting on the strip and leave political debate for another forum so I needn’t wade through it. Try to enjoy the humor. Even worse what is the deal with individuals who announce their political stance to the rest of us? Should we care?

What I find amusing about this partisan silliness is how quickly the devotees of both sides step up to spout their ideological rhetoric. Neither party has shown itself as being capable of running the country, but they sure succeed at indoctrination.

Apropos of using “apropos” when “appropriate” is meant, such pretentious and erroneous usage is inappropriate.

Hey, Mechanic…you’re good, thanks. The stupid and the bumpersticker minds who don’t understand nor express wellare tiring. Night Gaunt…you’ve got it ALL wrong this time. The democrats are NOT the lesser of two evils! The democrats are the BEST we can do NOW. So do THAT now.

Work for BETTER…next year. Grow up, grab hold, do what you can NOW. Weren’t you EVER a soldier? scout? friend? care about your school? Earth to Gaunt…!

“Nimrod” means “skillful hunter.” I’m confused…

Pig apparently has Canadian leanings politically. Hence the Neil Young jacket =)

Ah, I always knew Goat was a Tea-Partier!

The Lanatic Fringe

@finaleOh no… Pig is not food, but a friend =)

HAHAHAHAHAHA XD

Pig is beyond the pale for someone who is pink.

Terrifyingly appropriate to today.

I find it strange how through history we’ve always gravitated toward two parties. Like, third party candidates and independents never have any chance of winning because nobody votes for them, but nobody votes for them because we know they have no chance of winning-because nobody votes for them.