Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 19, 1976
Transcript:
Honey: Sir, I've been reading in our dispatches about Mr. Nixon's final days. I don't understand why your people continue to plague this man! It seems so unseemly! Duke: Yes, well, you Chinese are exemplary on that score, aren't you? When one of your top honchos takes a dive, he just becomes a non-person! No mess, no fuss! "Teng"? "Teng" who? Honey: Of course, sir! What purpose does pathos serve? It diverts the eye from the larger problem! When will America realize that Mr. Nixon was not the aberration from the system - he was, rather, the very epitome of it! Duke: You saying America needs glasses, Honey? Honey: Even in utopia, there's myopia, sir!