Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 07, 2010
March 06, 2010
March 08, 2010
Transcript:
Boopsie: How about making some muffins? Sam: Great, I'll lick the bowl! Boopsie: The usual division of labor. Sam: Well, you're good at measuring. Mom, I'll tell you what I want to be when I grow up if you promise not to tell the cousins because I thought of it first! Boopsie: Okay, I promise. What do you want to be? Sam: A surrogate! Boopsie: A surrogate? Sam: Yup. A political surrogate! You get to be on TV all the time, everyone wants your opinion, and you get a good job later if you don't mess up! Boopsie: What happens if you mess up? Sam: Don't ask. You don't want to go there. Boopsie: Oh, come on, how bad could... Sam: It's gross. They throw you under a bus.
I’m sure there’s some sort of point that’s being made, but since I don’t spend my time watching the tabloid, “news” networks I really don’t know what it is.