Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 15, 2017

Is this why Dukakis got the nomination?

@FLASH GORDON: Actually, this ‘toon is from the past, so maybe it is about Dukakis. Actually, given today’s crowd, Dukakis would be a welcome relief…

We let the crazies in the nut house vote in the last election, but fortunately the candidate they voted for did not win.

The Bellevue Bump sounds like a dance from the Roarin’ 20’s rather than a political uptick.

Nothing from 1988 compares to today, especially in politics. Time for GT to get back in the saddle. The Russian scandal absolutely rivals watergate. As Keith olbermann said on his recent video, even in terms of not holding the meeting on North Korea recently in a nonsecure location, in a country club— if Clinton had done that, she would have been impeached by sunrise. People were strolling by, using cell phones to take photos of the whole thing. Cell phones can be hacked. They contain info and tech that give loads of intel. Trump is not only a narcissist, his behavior is putting us all in jeopardy each day. Nothing that Clinton did ever came close to the Russian debacle of the trump administration!

Roland hedley describes the pre-election accurately in his tweet below— it was a coup.

Gotta recall the Nixon days to compare it to trump. What did the prez know and when did he know it?

Seems like a representative group of those who elected Trump. Things that were, are again, sadly. People don’t really learn, not as a group.

Just as there were Nixon loyalists, there are now trump loyalists, who are unable to see what is abundantly clear to everyone else. It is amazing. If you had a neighbor who was a pathological liar, you would know to steer clear of such a person, yet the trumpsters are unable to do so. I live in Kansas, so I see many of the trumpsters around, although a few of them are starting to crack. Trump and his ilk around him have clung to so many falsehoods which are so demonstrably false as to be comical at times, if it weren’t so sad for all who have to be embarrassed by them.

I am in no way dreaming in this scenario, unfortunately.

Pretty clear who the Bellevue crowd would have voted for.

I know this strip is decades old, but I’m pretty sure this is how Trump won the election.