Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 03, 2017

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    BE THIS GUY  over 7 years ago

    Can Rat tell us what country he’s going to move to, so I can move to a different country?

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    Boosted (Heavy main in TF2)  over 7 years ago

    All right, my spelling is good this time.Now, will there be a pearls movie?

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    Darsan54 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Yeah, there’s where it is about now.

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    Sherlock Watson  over 7 years ago

    I’m proud to be one of the majority of people who didn’t vote for The Rump.

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    boydpercy Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Rat is willing to try anything.

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    Randallw  over 7 years ago

    Pastis is mighty topical for a guy who claims to work 6 months in advance.

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    cdgar  over 7 years ago

    Rat makes more sense than Trump does.

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    the_man_in_the_moon  over 7 years ago

    quite good. but you can’t top the original, mr. pastis.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Put Pres. Rat and his admin on the B ship. (refer to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 7 years ago

    He should do this. His followers would all leave, and we could go back to being the United States instead of a Clown Show.

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    Egrayjames  over 7 years ago

    Our President and our free press are at odds with each other. Trump knows he can’t ban journalist….but he sure knows how to mock them and they don’t even know it. Let Liberal lemmings go with Rat and make America great again!

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    whiteheron  over 7 years ago

    So when conservatives say the same thing to liberals, as what their demi-god said to conservatives, then conservatives are low-lives? ( I already know what the response will be)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25HN1kZtRIw

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    Plods with ...™  over 7 years ago

    Sounds about right.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Great! I’ll move to Norway! They’re the happiest country in the world, and have they FREE healthcare!

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    Beaker  over 7 years ago

    There are good people on both sides Stephan who enjoy the entertaining comics. You’re not going to be the next Doonesbury.

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    rs  over 7 years ago

    I am proud to say I did not vote for the lying Hillary or the socialist dirtbag Bernie. With that, this strip comes off my comics page.

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    Jim   over 7 years ago

    I’m with Rat on this one… the “president” is a joke.

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    KennethJohnson  over 7 years ago
    ring leader is the right term for Pres Rat, prison term for Pres.
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    Frankolino1313  over 7 years ago

    Keep it up Pastis and my comics list will become 5 seconds quicker to read.

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 7 years ago

    It’s been said that it’s impossible to write a parody of certain behaviors. A parody usually gets its power from exaggerating some aspect of the behavior. If the behavior is extreme enough, the parody looks like simple reportage. This week we had the spectacle of Trump releasing the video of him ‘wrestling" with a figure representing a news network. Rat’s behavior here is not so much parody as imitation. Is imitation the sincerest form of parody?

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    nopainogain  over 7 years ago

    i lean to the right and i dont care that pastis leans to the left. funny is funny and the president is a puppet no matter who he is. the president is pretty much there for ridicule. the last one was a test of our racial bias, this one is a reprieve where we continue to miss whats going on on capitol-hill because we’re all watching him say nonsequitors for 4 years

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    Radish...   over 7 years ago

    Are you saying the president is a rat?

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    Jeff0811  over 7 years ago

    I don’t agree with the fuzzy math used at the outset. Let’s say from the get-go that Pastis is known to have a liberal outlook. Wouldn’t that affect his readership to begin with? Suppose 25% of his readers are conservative, and half of those readers are offended. I think Pastis can afford to tick off 12.5% of his readers from time to time.

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    marshalljpeters Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Pastis has offended a lot of readers in the past. Why would he stop now? The strips that a lot of people find funny are the same ones that some will be offended at.

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    Gabryel Frost  over 7 years ago

    “The leftie” is strong in you Stephen :)

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    geekboy_x  over 7 years ago

    Leftist? Wouldn’t a leftist try and make fun of the president? Pastis seems to be making Rat-The-President seem MUCH less irrational and idiotic that the sitting POTUS …

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    Charlie Tuba  over 7 years ago

    Rat has a better temperament than Trump! Rat/Pig 2020!

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    erics7687  over 7 years ago

    Trump, what a MAROON, what a BUFFOON.

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    Squoop  over 7 years ago

    Even Rat would be preferable to President WTF.

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    Number Three  over 7 years ago

    “One is the loneliest number”

    xxx

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 7 years ago

    And yet, Rat is still preferable.

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    qq4w354p2c  over 7 years ago

    https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con

    Take a look at the ads on publications you like. Are you identified as an easy mark for gold coins and hot stocks and mail order health cures? You may be a conservative.

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    Skylark  over 7 years ago

    If EVER Go Comics needs to put in a anonymous “like” button (and perhaps ‘dislike..?’) it is now…after reading this comic and some others that lean to political issues lately. All in favor….contact them!!!

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    Sisyphos  over 7 years ago

    Fire that mealy-mouthed “assistant,” Rat, and Do Your Own Thing! You are the pres sprung from the seed of Left-over hippies of the ’60s. Your are the president they deserve.

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    Kaputnik  over 7 years ago

    Here’s a thought. If in PBS world, President Rat represents President Trump (when Pastis isn’t just ignoring Rat’s presidency) then who was the PBS version of Clinton? And would we really want a President Pigita? Although Patty the Croc might have been interesting. Not a lot of female Pearls characters to pick from.

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    Machtyn  over 7 years ago

    I’d take the Trump complainers more seriously if they had also been complaining about Obama. “Trump’s a big fat liar!” Okay, so Obama isn’t fat, but he’s just as much a liar. “Trump’s a bully!” Yep, Obama was, too. “Trump is doing unconstitutional things!” Obama had performed a number of impeachable actions. “Trump has too much power!” Then why didn’t you complain when Obama gave the Office of the President that much power or call him out when he abused the power of the office?

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    evsxrk  over 7 years ago

    Faxon, you don’t need to be a “leftist” to enjoy mocking the current US “president”. You just need a brain and minimal standards of decent behavior. Many conservatives also despise him, and the number is growing. Even many of those who support him for their own political benefit or the benefit of right wing policies are disturbed by much of his behavior. Those dedicated fans of his that are likely to be offended by this (and they like to call other people “snowflakes”!) don’t make up anywhere close to half of the US population, so they aren’t likely to be anywhere near half Pastis’s readership. Even a third would be stretching it. And if I were Pastis, I wouldn’t grieve too much at losing readers who haven’t got the brains to realize what a utter disgrace the person being mocked here is. They probably don’t get half his jokes anyway, so they’re no big loss.

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    ND Cool Z  almost 6 years ago

    Out-of-country road trip for everyone!

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    Bye Bye Jeffy  almost 4 years ago

    RAT ACTUALLY BECOMES PRESIDENT!!??!?

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    Vivi <333  over 3 years ago

    Rat will so help stop the overpowering population… OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!1

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    Kirbo  over 3 years ago

    The three best presidents:

    Obama Prism

    Donald Trumpet

    Joe Bidome

    (Ok not all of them)

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    mckiogima  2 months ago

    well this aged well.

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