Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 15, 1978

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Rick: See, boss the ethnic angle is key! Voters are so cynical now about the conduct of public officials that they figure if they have to elect a crook, it might as well be one of their own! Man: Well, that explains Roybal and Diggs, but how does a guy like Flood get re-elected? Rick: Flood? Just who do you think is going ot vote against a man like Flood? The people who use the Daniel J. Flood health center? The folks who work at the Daniel Flood industrial park? Whose kids go to Flood elementary? Who retire at the Dan Flood elderly center? Man: A telltale pattern of largess, huh? Rick: Face it, boss, the guy gives great pork barrel.