Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau

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  1. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 3 months ago

    That’s a low blow in Chi-town. Northsiders will be ticked off. It’ll get their goat.

  2. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    And then get over it.

  3. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Although I don’t think Cubs fans should be dragged into this, poor things. ;-)

  4. CoolGuy2000

    CoolGuy2000 said, 3 months ago

    This guy delivers!

  5. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    The Ballad of Barack obama
    To the tune of Davy Crockett

    Born on a mountain top in ol‘ Hawaii,
    Birthers say it wasn’t in the land of the free.
    Parents had a plan, he‘d be president you see,
    Subvert democracy, swindle you and me.

    Barack, Barack Obama had a racist over for a beer.

    He went of to Congress and served a spell
    Fixin’ up the government and laws as well.
    Took over Washington, I heard tell,
    And told all the conservatives to go to hell.

    Barck, Barack Obama, a man all the white folks fear.

    Socialism was his goal, Sarah said you see
    Much to the detriment of you and me
    The death panels had not even begun.
    So he packed the Supreme Court, said it was fun

    Barack, Barack Obama, selling us out with a leer.

  6. ToborRedrum

    ToborRedrum said, 3 months ago

    Unfaif! The birthers aren’t that crazy.

  7. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    The Cubs are in the same position the Red Sox were in for 83 years. Don’t pick on loyal fans. They might come back and bite you.. Who knows, those birthers may prove a certain liberal president was from Mars. There’s an alien

  8. okeedoekee

    okeedoekee said, 3 months ago

    Hence, it is not serious after all.

  9. euthuno

    euthuno said, 3 months ago

    “Birthers?’
    The man is a liar, a racist, a Marxist, and he doesn’t know squat. He thinks doctors get 30,000, 40,000 , 50,000 dollars to amputate a foot.

    He threw his grandmother under the bus (that’s all right, she was white) and you’d think the hospital he was born at would be known because they’d be celebrating it!

    By the way, under what Passport did Baraaacck travel to Pakistan with in 1981?

  10. K-Bach

    K-Bach said, 3 months ago

    Euthuno, aside from being a raving racist (avatar included), have you any references or evidence for your ludicrous diatribe?

  11. NebulousRikulau

    NebulousRikulauGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    But at least he’s not Hillary.
    .
    (joke!)

  12. cabrobst

    cabrobst said, 3 months ago

    Don’t ask Hillary about Bill. Scary.
    I’ve seen rabid dogs more calm.

  13. BOB HASTY

    BOB HASTYGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Birthers, Cubs fans and MOST SOUTHERNERS [especially the ones who still fly the STARS AND BARS of St. Anthony} are all the same.
    Denial and Losing is their game!

  14. Orgelspieler

    Orgelspieler said, 3 months ago

    Barack Obama was born at the Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, which is not on a mountaintop (unless you count the entire island as a mountain), and there’s never been any secret about it. Big effing deal.

    Euthuno, I don’t like to flame in these comments, but you are definitely a racist idiot and yet another embarrassment to the human race… as if we needed any more to be embarrassed about.

  15. bradwilliams

    bradwilliamsGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    WOW! Such intense comments for a comic. I was just impressed how he tied in the home town crowd.

  16. Sternvogel

    Sternvogel said, 3 months ago

    BOB HASTY said, about 1 hour ago

    “MOST SOUTHERNERS [especially the ones who still fly the STARS AND BARS of St. Anthony}”

    The Stars and Bars was the first national flag of the Confederacy, and was based on the USA”s Stars and Stripes.. Various versions can be seen here:

    http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-csa1.html

    The Confederate battle flag employs a design based on the St. Andrew’s (not St. Anthony’s) Cross featured on the Scottish flag:

    http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Confederate_Flag.htm

  17. Nemesys

    Nemesys said, 3 months ago

    There may be some folks who don’t like Obama being president, but I’ve never met any conservative who is “bitterly disappointed” and in “complete denial” that McCain lost the election.

    He just wasn’t worth getting that excited about.

  18. S_T_F_U

    S_T_F_U said, 3 months ago

    The description of the birthers in the 2nd panel sounds familiar. What about all the Bush stole the election from Al Gore, Bush is evil, Bush is an idiot, GW never went to National Guard duty, etc etc etc…
    That went on for Bush’s whole administration. Some people have a short and selective memory…

  19. nighthawks

    nighthawksGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    the jerk with the rebel flag is just trolling through here to stir up the waters
    don’t rise to the bait…….
    the best response is to simply ignore it

  20. saw4fire

    saw4fire said, 3 months ago

    And the Obama administration is in complete denial of the obvious: Produce a birth certificate, and this goes away!

    Instead, they resort to ridicule, and arcane legalisms. That only serves to make the suspicious people more suspicious.

    The Obama administration has struck its Titanic iceberg on health care, and the birther business won’t matter. Only Obama could manage to make Jimmy Carter look good.

  21. Paudil

    Paudil said, 3 months ago

    We Cubs fans are well aware that the Cubs are going to continue to lose in the post-season. We are not bitter, nor are we in denial. We simply remain loyal to our team.

  22. rottmom

    rottmom said, 3 months ago

    As I die-hard Cubs fan (been since I was 5 yo) I find this hilarious.

    Relax, its all in fun.

  23. Nemesys

    Nemesys said, 3 months ago

    saw4fire, you raise an obvious point. You’d almost think that this whole “birth certificate” issue was deliberately made mysterious as bait so that Gary and etc. would have a handy supply of people to sneer at during times when the ‘Bomster” found himself in hot water… and this is definately one of those times that a distraction comes in handy.

    Either way, it’s a non-issue.

  24. rapabu1

    rapabu1 said, 3 months ago

    Birthers are just sore losers.

  25. drhibbitts3

    drhibbitts3 said, 3 months ago

    I am still sorely disappointed that I haven’t heard any of the media pundits claiming falsified State of Hawaii documents referring to the President as “President McLovin”. (Ignore the terrible “Superbad” movie referrence) Ah well, there’s still hope for Glenn Beck to catch on, if his show stays viable without sponsors…

  26. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    Why do some of you people break the rules for posting comments to the daily comics?

    Hatred and bigotry is not supposed to be promoted here.

    The Hawaii State “Certificate of Live Birth” is just as legal for the general public as the original “Birth Certificate” on file is.

    The State of Oklahoma has only one version and it is a “Birth Certificate.”

  27. Nick V

    Nick V said, 3 months ago

    Oddly, I could believe that comment to have come from Obama. He is a White Sox fan, after all…

    @saw4fire - you WERE around for the guy right BEFORE Obama, right? HE made Andrew Johnson look good.

  28. Joe Allen Doty

    Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago

    euthuno’s avatar represents a Confederate Battle Flag; but, such a flag design was NEVER the OFFICIAL flag of the Confederate States of America.

    Here is a link to the 1st Official Flag of the CSA: http://www.usflag.org/confederate.stars.and.bars.html

    Quote from the info. about the 1st Flag:

    “The First Official Flag of the Confederacy. Although less well known than the “Confederate Battle Flags”,the Stars and Bars was used as the official flag of the Confederacy from March 1861 to May of 1863. The pattern and colors of this flag did not distinguish it sharply fom the Stars and Stripes of the Union. Consequently, considerable confusion was caused on the battlefield.

    The seven stars represent the original Confederate States; South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi(January 9, 1861), Florida (January 10,1861), Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861).”

    The “Stars and Bars” by itself like in the avatar above here in Go Comics was an official flag of the CSA nation.

  29. misterwhite

    misterwhite said, 3 months ago

    saw wrote: “And the Obama administration is in complete denial of the obvious: Produce a birth certificate, and this goes away! ”

    They did, it has gone away (except for a small number of lunatics, the same people who believe Elvis is alive and well and singing in a lounge on Alpha Centauri’s 3rd planet).

    The cool thing about this birther business is that if it wasn’t for the birthers hope that they could overturn the election of Obama, they would be blowing up federal buildings like they did in Ok City.

    Better to keep them busy squealing about BCs than murdering innocents.

  30. Yuseff

    Yuseff said, 3 months ago

    Saw4fire how many times does Obama have to produce the bleeep thing. Copies of that birth certificate have circle the earth like three times now and you people still claim it doesn’t exist.

  31. Yuseff

    Yuseff said, 3 months ago

    Point well made, misterwhite.

  32. jimpow

    jimpow said, 3 months ago

    Obama is a WHITE man with a black father.

  33. jtpozenel

    jtpozenel said, 3 months ago

    Joe Allen Doty:

    Why do you complain about people breaking the rules? Doesn’t it make the point for Garry? I think he loves that he’s evoking these opposing responses.

    To me it confirms the state of our nation, that we just don’t want to admit. At least we don’t have to worry about being shouted down here. We all get our opportunity to vent, no matter how ridiculous our opinions.

  34. jestrfyl

    jestrfyl said, 3 months ago

    I sort of expected M. Trudeau to have a White Sox flag flying under the stars & stripes.

  35. BlueRaven

    BlueRaven said, 3 months ago

    Jimpow, that is not how Obama identifies so your remark is completely off base.

    I am also getting to where I flag birthers as well as racists… but I repeat myself.

  36. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    This is 2000 all over again. It’s been nearly 9 years and many still contend ‘W’ stole the election in 2000. These Idiots are incapable of simple subtraction and addition.

    Come one folks, do this simple Math Problem:

    Subtract 11 Electoral Votes from ‘W’ and add 11 Electoral Votes to Gore, and Gore is President without Florida. No endless recounts.Why did I choose 11 Electoral Votes? Simple, these wre the Electotal Votes for Tennesseee. Yes, Tennessee, Al Gore’s ‘Home State’ Wrong! Al was born in Virginia not Tennessee, The loop hole, sine his Daddy was Senator for Tennesseee, then he is considered born in Tennesseee.

    Take a trip to Carhage Tennessee, this is wheree Al Gore’s dad had a farm when he was in the Senate. Ask residents ot Carhage why they voted agaisnt Al Gore. Ask Many Tennesseans why they Voted agaisnt their own former State Senator.

    As a 46 year resident of Tennessee, I can tell you why. He became too Power Hungry as VP he lost his connection with his roots.

  37. NashvilleMac

    NashvilleMac said, 3 months ago

    Tigger - Whatever you do, don’t ask me; I voted for Obama. And that’s coming from a 47 year resident of Tennessee. So please stop trying to come off like you’re the mouthpiece for an entire state. It’s impolite. :)

    Bob Hasty - I’d appreciate it if we could avoid the regionally biased overgeneralizations. I know thousands of Southerners - myself included - who do not exhibit the intellectual rabies you describe.

  38. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Warthog, you are frequently funny. Often crude, but at least amusing. Sometimes you try just a little too hard and it falls flat; you don’t always seem to have a good range on the difference between edgy and offensive.

    For example, I cannot quite tell whether you intend the ditty above as a sardonic parody of the racists’ ridiculous stance, or whether you actually subsscribe to part or all of it. You see what I mean about not communicating clearly?

    Please clarify.

    NashvilleMac: “Intellectual rabies”: good one; I think I’ll swipe it.

  39. stebon

    stebon said, 3 months ago

    At first the libs said the house bill on reform did not contain any such “death panel” legislation. Now they say that such references (pgs. 425 to 430) are being removed. How can something that did not exist in the bill be removed?
    Oh–sorry, forgot about Obama Speak.
    Nevermind.

  40. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    4deerinmyyard. I was shooting for funny, but will settle for amusing. I thank you for the response, and do apologize for any confusion i cause. I should have added another verse but my muse deserted me. I am an unashamed liberal who believes in the social values of this country as set forth in the preamble to the constitution. I in no way believe in the nonsense of the “birther” movement.

  41. jaiel

    jaiel said, 3 months ago

    We are not in denial. We live all over the world!

  42. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    Wonder: Thanks so much for the serious reply. I was sure – okay I was hoping – something like that would be the answer; but the song ended on kind of a WTF? note.

    Either that, or my sensahumor has been stretched too thin around here lately.

    Anyway, you’re forgiven for slammin’ Kansas a while back!
    :-D