I believe “baggler” was a neologism that Burger King tried to get into use. They defined it and claimed they were fair game on their bags for a while. If you search for “baggler fries”, you should get a Flickr image of the bag, which I can’t link here.
Yes, they are all pretty much the same, and mostly just vary by region. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered anyone around here calling them “tag sales”, but it’s the same deal. (I tend to think of a rummage sale as more of an event with multiple sellers, but I don’t know if that’s universal.)
I think that might be a colorist error. She’s got a black line on her right that I think is supposed to be the hair, but the colorist made the headset on both sides in panel one.
This strip was February 8, 1988, so after the affair came to light. Hart had exited the race after the scandal, but re-entered in December 1987, but then performed poorly in the primaries.
Exactly. He doesn’t have a good “ear”. I’m rolling my eyes, too.