Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 16, 1999
September 15, 1999
September 17, 1999
Transcript:
Mark: Sir, why not just tell the whole story on your drug use and put it behind you? Cowboy hat/Bush Jr.: Because my distant past isn't important! What's important is that I've learned valuable lessons from mistakes I may or may not have made! Mark: Would those be the same lessons now being learned in jail by thousands of first-time offenders? Cowboy hat/Bush Jr.: No. Different set of lessons. Mark: Such as? Cowboy hat/Bush Jr.: Don't be poor. Don't be black. Grow up to afford a lawyer.
