Reminds me of when I was denied a raise after my boss congratulated me about how successful my projects were. His explanation: I must be poor because I asked for a raise. And that poor people are poor because they can’t manage money. Hence, rich people deserved all the money because being rich proved they could manage money.
We are not politicians or public thinkers; we are the rich; we own America; we got it, God knows how, but we intend to keep it if we can by throwing all the tremendous weight of our support, our influence, our money, our political connections, our purchased Senators, our hungry Congressmen, our public-speaking demagogues into the scale against any legislature, any political platform, any presidential campaign that threatens the integrity of our estate. —Frederick Townsend Martin 1888
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member 4 months ago
You misspelled “representatives.” Other than that, good ’toon.
pamela welch Premium Member 4 months ago
Nailed it!
ferddo 4 months ago
Reminds me of when I was denied a raise after my boss congratulated me about how successful my projects were. His explanation: I must be poor because I asked for a raise. And that poor people are poor because they can’t manage money. Hence, rich people deserved all the money because being rich proved they could manage money.
The Nodding Head 4 months ago
We are not politicians or public thinkers; we are the rich; we own America; we got it, God knows how, but we intend to keep it if we can by throwing all the tremendous weight of our support, our influence, our money, our political connections, our purchased Senators, our hungry Congressmen, our public-speaking demagogues into the scale against any legislature, any political platform, any presidential campaign that threatens the integrity of our estate. —Frederick Townsend Martin 1888
Foxcarver Premium Member 4 months ago
…and Supreme Court judges
More bat guano, darling? 4 months ago
Reprehensatives = reprehensible + representatives. Nice portmanteau!
We already have an ever-expanding surplus of reprehensible representatives. Could use far more responsible representatives.
Let voter education begin and willful ignorance end!
[ Yeah, right, sure. Now, for my next magic trick…. the Moon will move to Mars at the count of eleventeen…. ]