Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 26, 1976
Transcript:
Man: Zonker! Where've you been hiding yourself, man?! Kirby: Is it true you've been working on some sort of political campaign?! Zonker: That's right, Kirby! I was press secretary to a dynamic, young challenger who came within a hair-breadth of defeating a kinky but powerful member of Congress! Man: Congress! Wow! Zonker: It was quite a race, I'll tell you! Kirby: And to think Zonk was in the thick of it! That's just plain impressive! Man: Did you mind losing? Zonker: Oh, sure, but look, as I told Ron Nessen the next day... Kirby: Ron Nessen! Did you hear that?!