Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 05, 2010
November 04, 2010
November 06, 2010
Transcript:
Roland: Sir, the number of documented Iraqi civilian deaths since your invasion exceeds 100,000... I did the math, and if 100,000 Iraqis walked single-file past your house, it'd take almost four days. Here's my question - as they filed by, what would you say to them? Bush: Couldn't happen. Gated community. Roland: Ha! Got me! So much for my little thought experiment!
How many American citizens are left who do not hate either Bush or Obama, if not both? How many do not think that one or the other is the ‘worst president ever.’
And both men are moderates and centrists compared to their parties as they exist now.
The fruit of hyperbolic rhetoric is a politics in which the members of each party fear the other party more than they love their country.
We have painted ourselves into a corner, and if we don’t find a way out, then goodbye to American greatness.