Perhaps I should point out that this cartoon was penned four weeks ago, the day after Kellyanne Conway famously uttered it. This is when I really miss the immediacy of editorial cartooning.
Spicer said, “… largest audience to ever witness an inauguration – period – both in person and around the globe.” He did not say, “Present at the inaugration in person” he said, “both in person and around the globe.” So there might be a smidgen of truth in what Spicer said.
That being so, please do not draw any conclusions about my attitude toward POTUS.
The Republicans are not really lying about the basic ideals on which they base their political philosophy. In order to be genuinely lying, you have to not believe it yourself. In the alternate universe created by Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, etc, the lies have been repeated so often, and by so many people that they are actually believing themselves now. This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
Ruddickfam4 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Todays best
Adiraiju over 7 years ago
Didn’t Berkeley Breathed do a couple of strips like this a few weeks ago?
Dtroutma over 7 years ago
I always carry a bag for my dog’s. Need a street sweeper and a belly dump for the new inhabitants of the swamp.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 7 years ago
That’s where Bannon gets his ideas to pass on to the POTUS.
Sho’nuf!!!
Superfrog over 7 years ago
As dumb as …..
Varnes over 7 years ago
The funny thing is his dog is named Kellyanne……..BTW, this is great one Wiley….Well played…..
mr_sherman Premium Member over 7 years ago
The dumpster supporters should start chiming in soon.
Wiley creator over 7 years ago
Perhaps I should point out that this cartoon was penned four weeks ago, the day after Kellyanne Conway famously uttered it. This is when I really miss the immediacy of editorial cartooning.
Radish the wordsmith over 7 years ago
That is all you are going to get from the current administration.
sandpiper over 7 years ago
There aren’t bag big enough to pick up after the next 4 years
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
This will be an interesting new entry in Roget’s.
Al Nala over 7 years ago
Thar be a big pile of alternate “facts” around.
Can't Sleep over 7 years ago
Wiley, you’ve got it wrong – “Alternative Facts” are those piles bull’s drop. What dogs drop is simply a pile of Trump.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 7 years ago
Recommended reading: “My Bloody Massacre,” by Mark Twain.
Godfreydaniel over 7 years ago
Wonder if an upcoming Simpsons episode will have Bart (or Conway!) writing on the blackboard 1000 times, “Alternative facts are lies.”
Germanshepherds4ever over 7 years ago
Love you, Wiley!!!!!
Holden Awn over 7 years ago
Anyone who has ever been in a relationship should be able to understand exactly what “alternative facts” are, and how commonly they appear.
BiathlonNut over 7 years ago
That being so, please do not draw any conclusions about my attitude toward POTUS.
halvincobbes Premium Member over 7 years ago
Love it!
ChessPirate over 7 years ago
@omnius
Alternative Facts are nothing but Elephant Excrement! Real men and women embrace real facts.
@TXGal
Like Hillary embraced her alternative facts and Brian Williams embraced his alternative facts right up until the were pointed out as “false facts”?
They’re not real men and women… ☺
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Yet ironically that ground is made for those deposits, our corpses are made to enrich the soil. But we being able to ignore Nature hold back.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 7 years ago
The Republicans are not really lying about the basic ideals on which they base their political philosophy. In order to be genuinely lying, you have to not believe it yourself. In the alternate universe created by Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, etc, the lies have been repeated so often, and by so many people that they are actually believing themselves now. This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
J Quest over 7 years ago
“Just remember, it’s not a lie , if YOU believe it ..” George Costanza.
dflak over 7 years ago
Real fact: I fear my government more than I fear terrorists.
Charlie Tuba over 7 years ago
This is what Donald Trump’s alternative facts smells like.
dogday Premium Member over 7 years ago
Timing notwithstanding, VERY nicely not-said!
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Better than alternative crap…
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Oh, wait…
moontime70 over 7 years ago
Ever since Trump became POTUS, this term seem to be gaining popularity.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 7 years ago
Best yet.