Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 18, 1985
Transcript:
Janata: You know, Duke, the political transplant technology really represents a breakthrough....at last we can get hard-heartedness into our politics. It's a repudiation of the imperfectability of man! Duke: I don't know, Janata. Spending a million smacks just to create one retooled concerned citizen strikes me as slightly insane. Couldn't you just start from scratch? Janata: Sure. Gene splicing. But you have to wait 18 years to find out how they'll vote.