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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 26, 2012
Transcript:
Flo: Ok... every day, you guys ah in heah complainin' about how corrupt all politicians ah... Joe: Yeah, so? Flo: So... you can't say every membah of congress is bought off by corporate lobbyists! Theah's lots of honest ones. Joe: Oh... ok, such as? Flo: Carry on. Joe: Look at the bright side... they finally achieved bipartisanship on something.
thirdguy over 12 years ago
Yeah, well, your guys are more corrupt than my guys!
Can't Sleep over 12 years ago
Connecticutâs Joe Lieberman may be the only completely honest senator. He actually tells people what he really thinks, and has p.o.âd both Democrats and Republicans (he was Al Goreâs running mate in 2000, and is now an independant). And after about 24 years in the Senate, heâs quitting.
pouncingtiger over 12 years ago
Corruption via lobbyists happen on both sides. The right just utilizes them more.
@exoticdoc2, unionS are not corrupt. Donât cave in to Republican garbage rhetoric.
firedome over 12 years ago
i still like ron paul even though the guy is way too old to be president .
mrbribery over 12 years ago
this strip summarizes the meaningless verbiage that goes for political discussion in this landâŠ
Commentator over 12 years ago
RON PAUL!!!(Whatâs wrong with this strip?"
I'll fly away over 12 years ago
Every time a politician does tell the truth, those who donât want to hear it are appalled, angry, aghast, etc. The truth hurts and thatâs why people get upset and have knee-jerk reactions. Bring back the Ronal Reagans and Andrew Jacksons. They were not necessarily popular but they had guts and determination to get things done.
wowbert over 12 years ago
Ditto about Ron Paul, the only honest one. Never voted for an unbalanced budget, never voted for a war, never voted to take away our liberties never voted to violate his oath to the Constitution (if you know what that isâor have ever read it?).
chassimmons Premium Member over 12 years ago
@wowbert: Sometimes, like now, during a depression, you WANT an unbalanced budget. And Ron Paulâs bogus ideas on economics are pretty frightening. Better not have anyone like him making policy.
rockngolfer over 12 years ago
C. W. alias Bill Young probably isnât dishonest he just thinks someone is stalking him and breaks into his condo and moves stuff but the police have found no evidence.
Varnes over 12 years ago
Jen, yup. Jackson pulled off that trail of tears forced march without a hitchâŠ..
cdward over 12 years ago
In essence, thereâs no hope since all politicians are bought and paid for. So, it must be our system that needs a complete overhaul.BTW, unions donât have enough money to buy more than one or two politicians.
mhlon Premium Member over 12 years ago
No, no, no. Itâs all the other guys that are corrupt, my guy is okay. Why? because his ads say so. See? My guy is âFightingâ for me. Itâs all those others that are the real problem. So I give an approval rating of 10% to Congress in general but about 60% to my current rep. And now you know why Congress never changes.
Vonne Anton over 12 years ago
Anyone else notice that Pauley has completed turned his back on this entire discussion?
Arthur Brown Premium Member over 12 years ago
Try Bernie Sanders â the only true Independent in the Senate. Joe Lieberman is in the pocket of the insurance companies that dominate Connecticutâs economy. Thatâs why he insisted that Obamacare include mandates and subsidies for the insurance companies or heâd block passage. Bernie is leading the effort to overturn Citizenâs UnitedâŠ
harbhippo over 12 years ago
Both parities are bi-partisan when it comes to third parties and free, open elections.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 12 years ago
Shockwave Central. YIKES!
sacqueboutier over 12 years ago
Everyone thinks all Congressmen are corrupt, yet they still keep reelecting their own Reps and Sens. Time to sweep the board clean, people.
tcolkett over 12 years ago
Itâs simplistic to just sit here and talk about how politicians are all crooked, blah, blah, blah, andâŠwell maybe this one was or is a little less crooked, blah, blah, blahâŠbut the real discussion needs to be about how we get money out of politics. If our representatives were forced to run for office based on their real qualities, having to face the American people on public airwaves (which we all pay for) to tell the truth about what they see as the future of our country and debate it honestly with other pols doing the same, there would be a chance that we could have an actual conversation and vote intelligently and informed. But, weâve decided that it would be a better idea to let outside groups, with special interests, spend billions of dollars to distort and mislead the voters . NowâŠwatch⊠as the right wing trolls pounce on why this is wrongheaded of me. (And also, I mean this bipartisanly: this applies to corporations and unions and anyone else. No money in politics, before itâs too late!)
Rickapolis over 12 years ago
We (the electorate) DO make the politicians lie. If they tell the truth (taxes need to be raised, etc.), we donât elect them.
emw1 over 12 years ago
Bernie SandersâŠhe doesnât hold back on what he thinks!
Linguist over 12 years ago
Throw the bums out ! Except of course my guy, âcause I like him⊠and maybe that other guy that my favorite political commentator likesâŠ
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
âWe need a coffee bar in the comment section.âIâm drinking my tea as I read this. We have a âdo-it-yourselfâ coffee bar.
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
Seems to me that ex-senator Russ Feingold was pretty honest. According to Wikipedia, he âcosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCainâFeingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was the only Senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act during the first vote on the legislation.â He later paid for his views by losing his Senate race.
ninety_nine_percent over 12 years ago
Lobbying is killing the American dream. Now only the wealthy can afford representation.
dabugger over 12 years ago
Far from truth for way too many who want only their own way; after all, they are paid by that 1% exclusively. Not representatives of the people; except paid by all of usâŠ.we need a refund!!!!!!
Vonne Anton over 12 years ago
Politics without moneyâŠhmmmâŠsounds soâŠsoâŠidealistic. Wish it could be so, but alas poor YorickâŠDoes everyone here realize that before YOU â the honest, brave, smart person left in this country â can run for office, you will need money for TV/radio ads, bumper stickers, signs and billboards all over the country, campaign offices in each state fully staffed, a bus or plane so you can tour and make speeches, a posse of lawyers, accountants, PR experts, speech writers, etc, etc, etc.? Where will you get that money? Mostly from people or corporations who will pay you filthy lucre to support their cause. Youâll have to sell yourself to even try. Itâs polluted before you even get startedâŠ.I call it pollutitics.
griffthegreat over 12 years ago
Try Bernie Sanders, (I) of Vermont!
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
You know, your avatar looks like Hitler in a tickle fight. (Nothing personal â Iâm just sayinâ.)
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
The president we need now is Theodore Roosevelt â a Republican who was a social-justice progressive and busted up business monopolies, and who not only stood for personal integrity, courage, and grit, but personified it. The Republican party has gone downhill ever since.
Vonne Anton over 12 years ago
I agreeâŠwe are the Manâs muse!
joe vignone over 12 years ago
Bernie Sanders! He tells it like it is. Alone voice for truth in the maelstrom of congressional corruption! And that other Dem. from Florida who lost his seat, you know, the one who described the Repubicant health plan as âdie quicklyâ.
Beleck3 over 12 years ago
amazing how many ignorant anti union people comment here. just shows how repeating the same lies over the last 40 years has worked. donât expect the truth to matter now adays.
stupid America, bought and paid for.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
Sanders, definitely, but he isnât even permitted to identify his party (Socialist). .T. Roosevelt on domestic policy but not on foreign. Reagan sat out WW-II at Fort Roach when the rest took a combat tour (even if just behind the lines morale act). Vera Lynn lied about her age and at least two concerts were within the sound of guns â while I canât find if Reagan even made a war bond tour â Carole Lombard was killed coming back from one.
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
Oh. That was too subtle for me!
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
Although he wasnât a Congressman, I always admired Leroy Collins, former governor of Florida. His chances for election to the Senate were destroyed because his picture with the Rev.Martin Luther King, Jr., was circulated around with no explanation, and it was assumed that he had participated in the march on Selma. However, as Wikipedia states, âIn fact, Collins had not been participating the march, but was shuttling back and forth between the marchers and the Alabama authorities to attempt to craft a compromise which would avoid violence. He conducted these negotiations as a part of his job as head of the Community Relations Service. He was successful in these negotiations as violence was averted when the marchers crossed the bridge, prayed, and then returned to the other side.â
Bill Chapman over 12 years ago
I believe the continued act of compromise erodes the ethics and morals of any elected official. I figure by the time they reach a second term, they have no ethics and very few morals leftâŠâŠ
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member over 12 years ago
@cdwardâ⊠unions donât have enough money to buy more than one or two politiciansâŠâ some of the biggest lobbiest expenditures came from unions. this is public record.
dennis17 over 12 years ago
I am a great fan of Joe Liebermanâs. However I am sure that he is as beholden to lobbyists as anyone. As for supporting Israel, someone in government has to support the only real ally we have besides England.
thirdguy over 12 years ago
Yes that was what I suggested. You are welcome.
thirdguy over 12 years ago
Wiley,Arenât you glad that you opened up, this can of worms?
Spamgaard over 12 years ago
âAnd I will ensure that I donât need to steal as much by voting on your behalf to pay me more money!â