Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 11, 2020

Most of them didn’t get captured, so Trump should like them.

Thanks, GB. Heartbreaking if I let it get to me. Of course in Doonesbury world It is hard to keep masks over the nose.

This hurts my heart. I am a veteran, the wife, daughter, grand daughter, niece and cousin of veterans. The POS in the WH needs to go!

Honor and Duty is something that Trump will never understand

Bone spurs. Right.

I have a miniature set of my ribbons which I wear every day when I go out because so many never got to wear theirs.

A wonderful answer to the orange false sick , mr. Trudeau .

BD isn’t THAT smart…

I keep coming back to read this one, again and again. So moving.

I’m morbidly curious as to how the inevitable Trump supporters will attempt to derail this one, short of claiming that he didn’t “really” make the comments upon which today’s strip is based. :-|

Of course, BD originally joined the Army to get out of a term paper…. which maybe wasn’t the smartest thing to do at the time.

But that was so long ago it’s almost another universe.

What’s really depressing about this 2020 election is that at least 40% of the voters are willing to reelect this guy.

I consider having enlisted to be one of my biggest mistakes ever and hated being in the Army. I had problems but made it through and got an honorable discharge. Looking back, I know now that it was a valuable experience. I learned a lot about human nature and it added strength to my character, two things that never happened to the Orange Buffoon. Who’s the real loser, the answer is obvious.

Faith. Honor. Duty.

Trump Disciples may try to defend Their Messiah by claiming he didn’t say what he said — their proof being that the multiple sources that heard him say it are still anonymous.

Their defense is half-hearted and they KNOW he said it and they KNOW it is what he believes.

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Knowing he said it AND he believes it does not change their opinion of him in the slightest. He is, after all, Their Messiah and by definition he cannot do or say or believe anything that is wrong.

They just add it to the pile of stuff they already know about him, his criminal activities, adulteries, massive corruption, Treason, and all the rest.

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They want him to bring back the good old days of open discrimination, Jim Crow laws, being able to tell n_____ jokes at work and all the rest. They are willing to endure living in a Russian oligarchy in exchange. And they will fight like hell for tax breaks for billionaires.

Since Trump’s astral form (or whatever the heck the deal might be) is kind of a luminous blue, what color would the blood on his hands be, if we could see his hands? Or would there be no blood on his astral form because he himself can’t perceive it in real life?

Heartbreaking♡.

And there will still be veterans that will vote for him.

Senator Lindsay Graham, 2015, after POS-PINO Trump disparaged Senator John McCain: “At the heart of [Trump’s] statement is a lack of respect for those who have served,” he wrote. “A disqualifying characteristic to be president.”

“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet: Act II, scene ii.

Of course trump said that, and worse. It is totally in keeping with his brain-diseased outlook and values. When he is finally out, the investigations are going to reveal the unprecedented level of corruption that trump enabled for the last 4 years.

Perhaps we needed a piece of human filth like trump and his supporters to show us how fragile Democracy is. Through hard work and voting, we will be rid of trump in January. However, our work will not be done.

The Republicans are at this moment sabotaging government and the economy so Joe Biden inherits a crippled nation. Moscow Mitch has his eye on recapturing the Senate in 2022. Give the GOP credit, they know how to play the long game.

Those of us who have worked tirelessly to oust trump and his GOP enablers need keep reminding people of what can happen if we don’t show up and vote in every election, from local up through state and national ballots.

Three: FDR, Truman, Ike, did more. There! If this guy is 80, maybe’s starting to forget stuff.

Trump views life in a prism of black/white, winner/ loser, friend/foe. He graduated from college in 1968, at the peak of the war when 200+ Americans were being killed each week.By that time our leaders and many of the public knew it was a lost cause, we were never going to win; we just wanted to get out with a little “honor”. No one wanted to die for Col. Ky. There was also resentment over have nots being drafted and the haves like trump avoiding service and living the good life. Trump was able to obtain a bogus doctor’s letter and obtain a 4-F status; so in his world view of winners/losers those who were too unable to avoid service were losers and those who thought they were fighting for America and freedom were suckers.

As a vet myself, never been prouder of one of GT’s strips.

We have a president who asks “What’s in it for me?” before agreeing to serve.

The answer should be, nothing.

Instead we have Trump, pockets full, avoiding prosecution, peddling influence and pandering.

I like presidents who did not catch or spread COVID-19.

Is the 1st photo of McCain?

@ERBEN2 He has done a lot of good …

Oh yeah? Like what? Name four accomplishments in his four years. Vagaries like “greatness” or “values” don’t count. Neither do things he’s only talked, bragged, or lied about. What did he actually get DONE?

Border wall: not built.

Afghanistan War: still going.

“Easy to win” trade war: still going, sales down, prices up.

Coal-mining and auto-making jobs: still gone.

Unemployment: worst since Great Depression.

Farm bankruptcies: rising daily.

Rural broadband: nope.

America’s infrastructure: still crumbling.

College debt: staggering.

Postal service: under attack.

Social Security: threatened.

Public schools: funding diverted to for-profit and religious ones.

Drug-abuse and homelessness crises: worse than ever.

Climate change: wants to keep burning fossil fuels.

America’s standing as leader of the free world: trashed.

“Art of the deal”: Won’t negotiate with Congress; broke America’s word on Paris Climate Accords and Iran nuclear bargain; did slap new label on NAFTA.

Law and order: more top administration and campaign officials under indictment in four years than previous seven presidents in 43.

Business management: Cabinet a revolving door of firings and resignations; majority of federal agencies under unconfirmed acting heads.

Nazis and Klansmen: “fine people”.

Our troops: “losers”, “suckers”, bonus insults for POWs and Gold Star families.

Health care: best in the world — and free — if you’re him.

Coronavirus: total, colossal, unmitigated, blundering, mismanaged catastrophe.

So go ahead, try to find those four gold nuggets in that gigantic pile of manure. Then face the hard reality: he’s running the country the same way he ran his casinos, university, and airline — into the ground. Using other people’s money. Taking no responsibility. Stiffing the people who actually do the work. Because when it’s always all about him, it’ll never be about you.

The three guys look better wearing their masks. All three do have rather large noses. Do masks come in Xlarge?

The photo in the first frame is George H. W. Bush.

I prefer a president who doesn’t get captured by a virus.

The newspaper ran a different Doonesbury, about Trump stealing music.

Direct from the Blight House…

Now you’ve gone and made me cry.

Didn’t something like 16 people come on the record and affirm he never said that while the Atlantic’s sources stayed hidden for fear of “Mean Tweets”?

Great strip on the whole, but what’s the point of having the guys wearing their masks correctly sometimes and sometimes incorrectly?

Well said, Kurtass!

President Trump If you can’t understand why us suckers and losers served. And cannot honor those of us who died, got wounded, and died. {ardon those who disgraced our services. Do not want to look at those who lost limbs. You do not understand anything about our Armed services or the USA. Nor do you understand our countries Motto no it is not in God we trust. It is E PLURIBUS UNUM = One from many. We come from many places and many walks of life together we are strong. Air Force brat born aboard (Canada) Spec 4 US Army signal corp and Cal national guard. Pround of my service. I think of John Mccain I think war HERO. Tammy Duclworth hero. Sully Chesley B. Sullenberger Hero oh yeah he was a vet. I think of you silver spooned blue blood bailed out your whole life. You sure are the real loser and sucker.

It is fake news! At least 20 people who were there confirmed this. And to say the 80 year old has dementia is an insult to him. You don’t know anything about him. I guess you are the same dems and never trumpers who spread falsehoods at every turn.

If you haven’t read the far left Green New Deal manifesto, you should. Fossil fuels will be gone or so high you won’t be able to afford them. Check the prices for solar panels for your home, might be shocked. Oh, by the way, you’ll have to reduce completely the carbon dioxide emmisions from your house. Wonder how much that will cost? If you live in the suburbs, be prepared for life to change with housing that’s in the manifesto. I dare you, read it. It will scare the life out of you.

You talk about lies? Harris lied about Lincoln during the debate. Look it up. The Senate wasn’t in session at that time. When it came back in session, the court justice was nominated and approved.

Biden lies all the time, bur I guess it’s okay. Why won’t he say if he’ll stack the supreme court until after the election? If he says he will, people will see him for what he is. He’s saying what he can just to get elected.

By the way, we’re unafiliated, neither dem or rep. My husband is an Air Force veteran from the Viet Nam era.

Yes, he’s done more for the military, especially the VA. Any of you have friends or relatives die during Obama waiting months and in some cases years to see the VA for help? Guess not, or you’d be singing a different tune.

Doonesbury used to be funny…no longer the case. I have removed it from my list.

Anyone writing “Do Your Research…” is a right wing kook…

TWO WORDS say all that need be said: “Heel Spurs” . Period.

oscssw – Comrade…your sauce is weak. Please return to Vladivostok for re-education.

Gary Trudeau is a scurrilous liar. This is a false story and you should damn well be ashamed of yourself.

OAN, OMG

Best “comic” yet, 50 years in.

Yeah. Real losers. They could have claimed they had bone spurs.

I think BD joined the military to get out of an exam.

When all seems its darkest, just remember the inescapable fact that, due to any number of utterly unforeseeable circumstances, you could drop dead tomorrow and escape this farce forever. That’s certainly all that gets ME through the day sometimes. “It MIGHT be almost over, it MIGHT be almost over, It MIGHT be —”

I agree 100%.

Doesn’t seem like the Trump supporters in here have any respect for veterans, does it?

Remember when the “Swift Boaters” mocked John Kerry’s Purple Heart? No? Fortunate lucky you. Makes you wonder why Democrats didn’t similarly diss W. Bush’s military experience. Oh, wait, that’s right, because he DIDN’T HAVE ANY. Yet the Boaters backed him instead of the decorated veteran. IMHO that was hypocrisy on the level of a matter/antimatter reaction. But who cares what I think? :-|

@"Igor the Saint": Anyone who has to write in Russian (to show how brilliant he/she/it is? To alert Comrade Putin that his money is being put to good use? Who knows?) is asking to be ignored. The majority of readers here don’t know Russian and aren’t going to Google your words to find out what you’re trying to lecture them about.) Suggestion: grow up.

A brutally effective Toon, you asthmatic stupid bastard.

https://bipartisanreport.com/2020/10/11/ny-times-releases-sunday-night-trump-corruption-bombshell/

Go ahead and keep drinking the Kool-Aid, while Trumpty-Dumpty laughs at you behind closed doors. No matter how much evidence comes out that he is a self-aggrandizing, selfish, narcissistic, failure, you’ll keep kissing his fundament because all of you are exactly the same way. Nazi lovers, fascists and fools.

Well done Garry ♥♥

HERMIT …Garry was an undergraduate student at Yale from 1967 – 1970 and an MFA student from from 1970 til 1973. He earned his 2-S deferment legally and has done more for vets and wounded warriors than you ever have or will! My guess you never served, much less went to a war zone. I’m a super liberal Cal-Berkeley 1966 grad. I got a commission and the Navy sent me to grad school. I then served two tours in Viet Nam, more than you or your cadetBonespurs!!

Vote BLUE!!

There are obviously plenty of veterans in here who are fans of “Doonesbury.” Have any of the Trump supporters identified themselves as veterans yet? Even if so, the pro-Trudeau/anti-Trump faction of veterans is clearly much larger. Seems like that might be meaningful in some way or another.

BTW, I just tried to translate Igor the Saint’s repeated-repeated-repeated statement and it doesn’t even seem to be real Russian. So he’s PRETENDING to be a Russian robot troll or whatever the deal is? That seems like it would be even more pathetic. At least a robot troll is an interesting image. Someone call in some Cool Monster Fighter like (making up names) Trudy the Troll Hunter or Maggie the Robot Stalker. Isn’t it odd how “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” had so few imitators/ripoffs (I didn’t say “none”, I said “few”)? Female Name + type of monster + noun conveying the basic concept of “adversary,” how hard is THAT? Oh well.

Powerful strip, Mr. Trudeau! In all seriousness, thanks for the reminder. Your weekly strip gives us a chance to revisit what happened 80 catastrophes/several days ago. I can’t keep track of all the nightmarish b.s. we get from Trumpster Fire! Hopefully someone with a law degree has been keeping a master list to start filing charges once he’s voted out!

I flagged the troll too.

Wow! The russians and fakes are really out in force today. Absolutely amazing the number of people who hate Trudeau yet keep up with his strip. Masochistic much? LOL

My local paper did not include this strip in the Sunday comics, using an older more innocuous reprint.

War vets have a level of respect that Trump can never have. And people like him always despise what they can never have.

My paper did not run this last week they ran the october 18th one and changed the date.