Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 24, 2016

Something I don’t have to worry about; I didn’t watch a minute of it.

In panel #1 I see some arms in the fascist hail : here in Italy the news reported about the same hail made by the Trump’s wife

Couldn’t handle much of it, every word from the stage so liquid and syrupy, like ipecac. After the past year of the monotonous “ME, ME, ME”, “I, I, I”, “great,great, great”, not so much stunned, as embarrassed for so many fools occupy our nation.

Trump used that arm motion during speeches before the Convention, when he asked those who supported him to raise their hands. A lot of what he is supporting reminds me of what my now-deceased World War II era relatives described. These are very sad times we are now living in, for a variety of reasons…

Our graves may come sooner than you think.

“We can no longer afford to be politically correct.”

I watched about the first five minutes of Trump’s speech. He announces that the moment he takes office, all crime will end.

I heard parts of it on NPR (and the comedy shows)

Trump is Hitler-lite – without the lite part.“Only I can fix it.”

Today’s strip is (sadly) spot on.

I used to live in Cleveland and I wonder…where did they find all those white people?

I guess there was no terrorist attack on the convention because it would be redundant.

Just when you Americans thought you were a mature democracy – don’t worry; here in England we have the Labour Party terminally falling apart. It’s not exactly normal but it will sort itself out eventually.

The real problem here is the Republican Party which, after Trump has narrowly lost to the flawed but electable Hillary, needs to reinvent itself as a political party rather than a We Hate Washington protest group.

Good luck USA.You’ll need it.

Herr Drumpf, der neue Führer der Vierten Reich! Sieg Heil!

Whatever the faults of Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, they pale into insignificance in the face of this four-day hatefest. Trump isn’t Hitler, but I’ve heard a good case that he is Goering. He is certainly following Goering’s playbook: Convince people that (1) they are in great danger; (2) the current government is weak and can’t protect them; (3) you are strong and competent to protect them. The fact that all three of these claims are in blatant contradiction to the facts (crime is down, the Obama administration is aggressively wiping out a good portion of the Middle East, and Trump is a blithering idiot) makes no difference. You can get at least a third of the people to believe it. The rest is a matter of getting a “lucky break.”

I think a good comparison is Silvio Berlusconi. Another egomaniac billionaire who got to run a country.

Thank goodness I have a remote.

I don’t have a TV. Missed it all. Don’t regret it.

WHERE DO I GO TO GET MY TATTOO?You know that number we’re assigned at birth, or maybe a cute six pointed star or something like that.And will I like my new home with the barbed wire on top of the fence?

He claimed that he “alone” will cure all the evils that threaten the US… He is the “only ONE” who can fix our nation. Does that sound like a DEMOCRACY to you all? Sounds like a delusional tyrant seeking office to me….

I like how even Roland is like “WTF did I just watch?”

Somewhere in hell, Adolf and Benito have HUGE smiles on their faces.

Google: Trumpolini

I can’t understand the comparisons between now and the 30s. There was a depression then, none now. Inflation in Germany, none now. 30% unemployment then, 5% now. Everyone’s driving new cars and talking on their iPhones and buying $5 coffee at Starbucks. The sky is falling?

Cowards, afraid of their shadows, being told they are in danger…none of their kids have been taught to duck and cover under their desks! We ALL were. No fear there, but plenty to fear.

GT nailed it again! Rnc was quite the spectacle.

Too bad only melania would copy the ideas of Michelle Obama. It would have been nice to see others copy the obamas at the rnc. I was interested to see that Tim kaine is from the area I live in, Overland Park, ks.

Plagiarism is not a good thing, but if there a chance the ideas could spill over into policy, obviously that would be great.

Does “tom” live in one of those welfare queen red states that suck away the tax money blue states pay without complaining? Good thing he doesn’t care about big words like Hypocrisy and poseur.

Well, the music wasn’t bad. Great music to fight a war by, in fact. Oh…crap…yeah.

My local newspaper cut the first two panels. Without seeing the first panel with the Fox News mike and the falling balloons, it wasn’t completely clear what what the comic was referring to, although I guessed it before I came here and had it confirmed. I wonder why my newspaper edited it down?

I sure wish the Democrats had a stronger more honest and capable candidate. I don’t trust Hillary to do anything in my best interest, since Obama certainly hasn’t and she might even be worse. Terrible to think that in order to keep America truly a strong nation we might have to resort to fascism. I am truly dismayed.

Why do you think I didn’t watch it?

first convention I have watched since the nineteen fifties. I preferred the latter. Seems like the primaries and convention has switched places and importance

This is just a guess, but I’m thinking Gary Trudeau ISN’T voting the Trump ticket for President. Just sayin’….

Yes, GT isn’t voting for trump. I wouldn’t go near his strip if he was. Many others would agree. We know too that trump is admired by some, which is scary.

And to think I missed it—and will have to spend the rest of my life without that look on my face

This strip must have been done two weeks in advance, before the plagiarism and the Cruz non-endorsement. Somehow Gary knew the acceptance speech would be dark.

Watching insane people might be considered entertaining, but let’s face it, it’s also very very sad.

Aaand… you think Hillary is better? Fascists come in all flavors, and she is NOT vanilla. If “fascist” is all you can come up with for criticism, you’re pretty shallow. Hillary’s shortcomings read like an indictment. Hey, it SHOULD be an indictment!

One of the better choices is Hillary….with the choice we have.How many Candidates, senators etc. have a laundry list of their shortcomings and under table dealings yet get by because of their gender!!! Not only was the convention a demonstration of a “fascist” but a despicable CIRCUS,pandering to the middle class and to "some"Americans intelligence. Even for republicans they should be hang their heads in shame after decades of respectable debates and conventions. I pray this man never has his finger over the nuke button!!!! @whitet3260

Thanks for your opinion and way to show it Garry!!!

Clinton appeals to her fellow criminal element.

Heard a good line: “Trump puts the mousse in Mussolini.”

I was websurfing in McDonald’s and heard the whole speech. Apparently Trump has a hard time with the separation of church and state (and most words over three syllables).

@ Bob: Look on the bright side…One – You’ve won the Dragoncat Award for Best LOL!Two – Think of the money you’ll save from needing therapy for PTSD.

I can imagine a lot of therapists thinking, “I’m gonna be sooooo rich!”

President Roosevelt: So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself.Me: So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is Donald Trump.

A friend born in Austria told how in her youth, they cheered the arrival of Herr Hitler in their country. She is well aware of the attitude of Trump’s ego driven psychosis, with actually more the demonstrative speaking style of Benito. Neither of them ended up well with their plans, attitudes, AND girlfriends, either in a bunker, or hanging from a power pole.

And I can’t wait to see what Trudeau does to Hilary.

It’s a sad time for participatory democracy all the way around….

I would love to say to Mike Doonesbury, "Well, what did you expect? You’re part of Jindal calls ‘The Party of the Stupid’ and Trump is the logical result of that reality.

I’ve got plenty of reason to be suspicious of Hillary Clinton, going all the way back to the Rose Law Firm. But I do notice that all the charges against her are found in documents produced by her political enemies and made up of tendentiously selected facts. You’d have trouble putting together a You Tube video of her suggesting illegal things or saying outrageous things. With Trump, on the other hand, you could produce a feature-length movie just from video clips. Seems like a clear difference to me.

What I wonder is if there is a Trump administration, who will play the role of Martin Bormann? Someone will, you know.

If I could construct my own world, I would find better things to do than be a troll on a forum associated with a comic strip I don’t like.

@LameRandomNamePlease stop embarrassing yourself in public. Doctor Franklin was talking about the difference between a “republic” and a “democracy”. NONE of the later forms of “socialism”, or "communism’ or tons of other “isms” even existed at the time. And if you are so far gone that you don’t know that the Nazis hated the Russians and vice versa, then you will continue to embarrass yourself in public, I fear…….

I feel they way their faces are shown.Do they Really do the Nizi sauce thing with their hands?That is a scary new bit.It’s like how did this happen.It is not our doing or our fault, someone had to be doing this for him the way the DNC rigged her up to be their nominee.She could NOT have won fairly.Given, lots of people didn’t know what a Socialist Democracy is ( countries like Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden),, those countries are doing admirable jobs.But this whole election has been nuts.

To All those Saying Hitler Was a Leftist:

Hitler was strongly anti-Socialist. He considered the Social Democratic Party of Austria to be anti ethnic-German. From Chapter III of “Mein Kampf”:

The fate of the Germans in the Austrian state was dependent on their position in the Reichsrat. Up to the introduction of universal and secret suffrage, the Germans had had a majority, though an insignificant one, in parliament. Even this condition was precarious, for the Social Democrats, with their unreliable attitude in national questions, always turned against German interests in critical matters affecting the Germans-in order not to alienate the members of the various foreign nationalities. Even in those days the Social Democracy could not be regarded as a German party. And with the introduction of universal suffrage the German superiority ceased even in a purely numerical sense. There was no longer any obstacle in the path of the further de-Germanization of the state.

Hitler blamed democracy for the rise of Marxism and he had the most foul words to describe both:

The Western democracy of today is the forerunner of Marxism which without it would not be thinkable. It provides this world plague with the culture in which its germs can spread. In its most extreme form, parliamentarianism created a ‘monstrosity of excrement and fire,’ in which, however, sad to say, the ‘fire’ seems to me at the moment to be burned out.

Both NEO- libs and NEO-cons are extremists and extremists don’t make the best choices.

Even though this was written and drawn weeks in advance, Garry nailed everyone’s reactions perfectly.

If Trump is elected, it will be the first time in history we will have a president who is the puppet of a foreign power..154 posts and none of them fillers.

I stand by my statement. It is too bad that only melania would copy ideas of Michelle Obama at the rnc. I’m so glad some are perfect posters here and always have access to easy to type on devices.

How does the current Doonesbury exist? I thought it was no longer being produced and that the Trump earlier panels were from the 1980s. Sure fits current reality, but I’m confused.

Brain bleach is the only cure.

So, Garry, ready for the coronation this week?

For my final post, an article about all the women Trump has claimed to slept with…but hasn’t.

I had the same reaction, and I am going to react exactly the same to the DNC event.

Don’t worry, folks! By the second day of the DNC, nobody will remember Cleveland at all. Bernie’s supporters — if not Putin or Assange — will make sure of that. I’m making popcorn.

What does Duke think?