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   lisalisalisa said, about 1 year ago

   Bravo.

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   Danny Holstein said, about 1 year ago

   You know, the Sunday NQs (especially those with the talking horses/turtles, or Basil) have always struck me as a bit more whimsy, or fantasy, and a bit harder to figure out. This one fits neatly into that category, but more so; I wasn’t surprised to see Danae disappointed, but wasn’t expecting such a prosaic response from a talking turtle.

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   markj0119 said, about 1 year ago

   Thats just how Obama got elected. America is going to get hustled just like Danae did.

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   aerwalt said, about 1 year ago

   Markj: Sadly, you are probably right.

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   Doctor Toon said, about 1 year ago

   Markjo119 - When you candidate loses, it does not justify acting like a loser.

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   dicktheassrancher said, about 1 year ago

   risk vs. reasonable expectation

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   hailcaesar said, about 1 year ago

   Simply hilarious, but if you really want to get a laugh, substitute President Elect Obama as the turtle…. Then Danae will conclude in the last frame, well… I think I learned how politics works. Then again, maybe we won’t be laughing after all.

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   oldlegodad said, about 1 year ago

   Yes Obama is a post turtle. You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he has no idea what he is doing and you wonder what bleeep fool(s) put him there.

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   B0B_E said, about 1 year ago

   doctortoon - that’s profound considering how the democRATS acted for the last 8 years.

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    Doctor Toon said, about 1 year ago

    Perhaps I was a bit harsh with that one, but it was the third nasty post from the same guy I’ve seen today. I figure if you’re only going to post to be a jerk, you deserve having someone point out you are being a jerk.

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    Tigger said, about 1 year ago

    Actually, you learned how Politics work

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    Wiley said, about 1 year ago

    I would greatly appreciate it if readers posting comments here would direct their thoughts and opinions toward the subject and point of the cartoon itself.

    This cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with president-elect Obama, nor anything about the election. If you want to vent your feelings and opinions about the election, there is no shortage of political chat rooms to do it.

    This just a cartoon page. Let’s keep the discussion on cartoons, ok?

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    alife said, about 1 year ago

    I click favorited for the comic not the comments:D

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    Margueritem said, about 1 year ago

    Sometimes the stock market is just the stockmarket. Thanks Wiley.

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    cfortunato said, about 1 year ago

    The “Post Turtle” joke was originally aimed a George W. Bush eight years ago. And it fits him much better than Obama, and Bush has the record of miserable failure to prove it.

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    cacolley7811 said, about 1 year ago

    Doctortoon, I think you have a very good jerk-o-meter. Markj0119 just seems to be making comments out of far ‘right’ field. I saw the one on Lio and it just didn’t make sense.

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    Gail said, about 1 year ago

    … and this is a picture I will remember for a while…Thanks for your insight… webcat411

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    im_zogh said, about 1 year ago

    Thank you Wiley for clarifying that. I’m guessing some people take the title of your strip semi-literally. [An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence].

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    boomers10 said, about 1 year ago

    sorry but the first thing i thought of was that the correct substitution should have been pres. elect obama for the stock market

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    Char32 said, about 1 year ago

    Wiley..It has been fascinating seeing how dissing Obama/Bush seems to be in so many of the cartoon comments,lately, even Winnie the Pooh, for gosh sakes, which BTW is donkey’s years old, originated in England, long before Bush or Obama, possibly even John McCain was born. Sigh… I guess humor is in the eye of the beholder??? Please lighten up folks, life needs humor not more bitterness and complaining. Smile, it makes folks wonder what you are up to!! (:>}

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    bubbie7 said, about 1 year ago

    markj. better than what bush gave us for 8 years

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    Sternvogel said, about 1 year ago

    The line “Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help” is attributed to Alex Haley, who died in 1992. I don’t think the quote originated with him, though.

    Similarly, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that this joke was first told long before George W. Bush became president, with another political figure as the subject:

    http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokebushpostturtle.htm

    The book “Winnie-the-Pooh” was first published in 1926, ten years before John McCain was born.

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    Margueritem said, about 1 year ago

    Wiley says:

    I would greatly appreciate it if readers posting comments here would direct their thoughts and opinions toward the subject and point of the cartoon itself.

    This cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with president-elect Obama, nor anything about the election. If you want to vent your feelings and opinions about the election, there is no shortage of political chat rooms to do it.

    This just a cartoon page. Let’s keep the discussion on cartoons, ok?

    I guess I’d better repeat this. Please pay heed to what the cartoonist asks of us, his readers.
    Thank you.

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    kseuch said, about 1 year ago

    Couldn’t agree with Wiley more! Must everything be about Obama and Mc Cain? Especially since Danae is talking about the Stock Market! C’mon, Obama won, elections are over,get over it!

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    sentvisser said, about 1 year ago

    I’m glad to see that you tune into the comments Wiley. This strip joins my two previous all-time favorites - Dilbert’s cartoon on the 7 advantages of being dumb, and the Doonesbury’s cartoon where one of the characters is asked what would he do if he woke one day and found that he was Donald Trump. (He would have to kill himself.)

    Anyway, for those comment writers who don’t get this cartoon (all of you), I interpret it as being about the credit crisis and the government bailout. The financial institutions (the turtle) don’t really get how they got up on the post, and don’t know how to get off it. The government bailout enables the banks etc. to survive, but the government wants the banks to lend that money out so that the economy can expand again (2 of the 3 wishes?). There’s a good chance that may not happen.

    If I’m wrong on Wiley’s intent, it doesn’t matter. Great art is great because of the variety of meanings that viewers find in it. This cartoon is great art, because it says much more than all the stuff that I have read on the financial crisis.

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    Doctor Toon said, about 1 year ago

    Wiley - I apologize for my role today in turning this into a political discussion page. My point was actually meant to be in line with what you said. All three comments I had read by this individual were posted on comics that had no connection to politics. I was venting my anger at the very same point you made. We should comment on the comics and their content and not bring our own baggage with us.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, about 1 year ago

    ¡Venga en! ¡Consiga una vida! ¡Las campañas para Obama y McCain estuvieron sobre! ¡Obama ganó! ¡Es tiempo de mover en!

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    SpaceRat said, about 1 year ago

    QUOTE: “doctortoon says:
    Wiley - I apologize for my role today in turning this into a political discussion page.”

    Good grief man, you don’t have to kiss his ass.

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    Doctor Toon said, about 1 year ago

    SpaceRat - I was merely attempting to show a little respect for his wishes here. Perhaps respect is a concept that is lost on you.

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    The Knight Who Says ... said, about 1 year ago

    Oh gosh guys, be nice! We’re all fighting like little kids! I’m sorry if one of my comments on Lio made a lot of people angry.
    However, I disagree somewhat with Wiley. Somewhat. I think that when an election is coming up or just passed you simply can’t avoid political jokes and maybe–maybe–just a bit of discussion. If you don’t like listening to discussion then don’t read the comments and just read the comic.
    And by the way, doctortoon, I respect you for somebody who’s willing to say you’re sorry even if you don’t share my political views.

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    Robboh said, about 1 year ago

    Regardless of whether or not this was originally a political joke, the beauty of Danae’s insight is that she sees it as an apt description of how the stock market works for the average investor: stockbrokers/financial advisors take advantage of gullible investors who believe that their advisors know some magic about stocks/bonds/etc. If brokers really knew what they were doing they wouldn’t be up the post as they are today and they wouldn’t be telling their clients, Gee, sorry you lost your money, but we just didn’t expect things to get so bad!