Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 29, 2024

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    BasilBruce  about 22 hours ago

    Part of me wants to lock Rat up, and part of me wants to shake his hand.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 22 hours ago

    I’m amazed that there are still people undecided on the presidential vote. I’m beginning to think they don’t deserve to vote at all.

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    Hello Everyone  about 22 hours ago

    I agree with Rat – If you are completely ignorant on how government works, then you shouldn’t be participating (voting) in that government!

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    jholly4  about 22 hours ago

    “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill

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    Bilan  about 22 hours ago

    The best test for voting eligibility: Give them a list to choose which ones are True and which ones the candidate pulled out of his you-know-what.

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    suv2000  about 22 hours ago

    You’re suppressing votes how is KAMALA supposed to win

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    sirbadger  about 21 hours ago

    It might be better to ask “How many tentacles of government are there?”

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    blunebottle  about 21 hours ago

    Can I vote for Rat?

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 20 hours ago

    If only it was that easy to be rid of MAGA!!!

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    Aimless Melissa   about 19 hours ago

    Poll tests were outlawed long ago. You don’t get to filter out the people you want to call “too dumb to count.” Sorry, not sorry.

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 19 hours ago

    I’d rather live with immigrants, than ignorants!

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    iggyman  about 19 hours ago

    On the same vein, some folks I know just go and vote for their parties candidate no matter who it is !

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    Zykoic  about 19 hours ago

    Imagine if you had to answer civics questions from high school to qualify for voting. Then imagine that politicians were required to be honest and truthful to run…..

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    Rick Szymke  about 18 hours ago

    One of the best comics he has ever done

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    Arealpatriot  about 18 hours ago

    The idea of requiring some level of knowledge about how our government works sounds appealing until you remember that was one method the bigots used to use to prevent people of color from voting.

    Even today, many states still are trying to prevent people from voting and this county will never reach the greatness we think we until we learn from our mistakes.

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    Ellis97  about 17 hours ago

    Good thing I did early voting.

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    scote1379 Premium Member about 17 hours ago

    So did I , In person so as that I can Thank the nice Ladies!!

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    smartty cat  about 17 hours ago

    Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. H.L.Mencken

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    MayCauseBurns  about 17 hours ago

    If voting really changed anything, it would be illegal.

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    ComicRelief  about 17 hours ago

    You shouldn’t be allowed to vote if you are on the dole.In Starship Troopers, Heinlein has only military service as a requirement for full citizenship to vote.

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    wrd2255  about 16 hours ago

    The electorate doesn’t need to have any sort of advanced degree, but they should at least know basic civics. In fact, some in Congress don’t seem to know the three branches of government, which is pretty scary.

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    MS72  about 16 hours ago

    Did he pay his pole tax?

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    stevetownsend Premium Member about 15 hours ago

    If there isn’t a test to be a candidate there shouldn’t be a test to vote. It’s close to Halloween, maybe Rat should’ve worn his grand wizard costume.

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    dwilkinsboise Premium Member about 15 hours ago

    Pretty much nails it.

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    Cozmik Cowboy  about 15 hours ago

    Hey, Steph – you forgot his red hat.

    I have often said, Jim Crow gave them them a bad name, but I think an actual fairly administered literacy test to vote would be a great thing (and not just because no RepubliKlan would ever win another race).

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    asmbeers  about 15 hours ago

    What will the leftists do when the assumed Trump dictatorship never appears? Will they melt down all over again?

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    Ignatz Premium Member about 14 hours ago

    You should ask if they believe that the Vice-President is allowed to choose the winner in an election where they’re one of the candidates.

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    SusieB  about 14 hours ago

    Sad but true. Low info voter. Probably voting against his own interests, but doesn’t realize it.

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    aerotica69  about 14 hours ago

    Three branches of government : Empty Promises, Power, and Pork.

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    gpantzer  about 14 hours ago

    Larry, Curly, Moe.

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    ezekialrage777  about 14 hours ago

    A non-partisan elimination test? I like it!

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    monya_43  about 14 hours ago

    That is a little bit better than setting the ballot drop boxes on fire. :-(

    Don’t scoff! It was done in Washington and Oregon. Talk about the “enemy within”!!

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    Snolep  about 13 hours ago

    As a former ESL volunteer, I’ve found that immigrants who have become citizens are far better informed than most of us on our government, Constitution, history et al, as they have studied and passed the citizenship test.

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    Goat from PBS  about 13 hours ago

    Executive, legislative, and judicial. May I vote now?

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    jerwag389  about 13 hours ago

    It’s so wrong to be judge-mental, but sometimes you really can’t help it.

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    tsk5565  about 13 hours ago

    The Executive, The Judicial, and The Santa Maria

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    oish  about 13 hours ago

    On the one side there’s tolerance and equality of all ethnicity and religion

    The other side want to Make (Christian) America White Again

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    phileaux  about 13 hours ago

    When I think of the countries that have mandatory voting I’ll remember this. Don’t get me started on “undecided”.

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    zeexenon  about 12 hours ago

    This time, I’m leaving my USSR card home.

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    Holden Awn  about 12 hours ago

    I believe literacy tests were fully outlawed in America by the mid 1960s, giving rise to voters whose civic illiteracy is impressive. The guy pictured may think the branches of government are city, county, and state.

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    crocman48  about 12 hours ago

    It should have been a young tattooed white girl instead of a guy with a beard. Or a black girl who has an abortion every couple of years.

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    ncorgbl  about 12 hours ago

    The Law only states being of age and being a citizen to vote.

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    krisjackson01  about 12 hours ago

    Sorry, don’t like this. American history is full of people seeing someone whose skin color they don’t like waiting to vote and demanding they answer questions about the Constitution or something and telling them they may not vote. Even idiots and fools get to vote.

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    harvey812abc  about 12 hours ago

    This would solve a lot of problems.

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    SNVBD  about 11 hours ago

    Mixed feelings…

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    justanudderpeeon  about 11 hours ago

    Of course I know all 3 branches of our government!They are Big Pharma, Petrochemical, and The Banking system!Vote Early, and Vote Often!!!

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    John Jorgensen  about 11 hours ago

    There was a time when I thought something like this would be appropriate. Then I saw the 1962 Louisiana Literacy Test and was horrified to realize just how widely and shamelessly this rationale has been abused.

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    moondog42 Premium Member about 11 hours ago

    Well, the Constitution does not allow for any kind of literacy tests, but if it went before the Supreme Court as comprised today, we’d find ourselves going back to rich white dudes being the only ones able to cast ballots at any level.

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    John Lamb Premium Member about 11 hours ago

    Well, there goes at least half of the voters, probably more like three fourths.

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    KEA  about 10 hours ago

    I hope we’ve learned that American History and Civics are vital parts of American education

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    DarkHorseSki  about 10 hours ago

    That’s gotta be a Democrat…

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    Spider-UK  about 10 hours ago

    hmmm… On the one hand: What a jerk. On the other hand: he ain’t wrong.

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    mindjob  about 10 hours ago

    “Just drop your ballot in that flaming box around the corner”

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    walter Premium Member about 10 hours ago

    Should be a test for candidacy. Too many at all levels seem to fail to comprehend, must less have read, the Constitution.

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    liberalnlovinit  about 10 hours ago

    We need more of these kinds of polling places…

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    FRITH RA  about 9 hours ago

    I think it’s the candidates, not the voters, who have to pass a civics test.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member about 9 hours ago

    Here’s a question that should be published in every “letters to the editor” column in America: “Should a convicted felon who can’t legally own a handgun in New York be handed the trigger to the world’s largest nuclear arsenal?”

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    wildlandwaters  about 8 hours ago

    so in that porta potty is that floating pile of garbage they speak of??

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    The Bob  about 7 hours ago

    A lot of us identify with Rat.

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    Forrest the dude Premium Member about 7 hours ago

    I’m just going down these 100 replies, and boy, have I never seen so much trash in my life. In probably three seconds, I’ll get three hundred replies to this comment, throwing trash at me.

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 6 hours ago

    Thank you, Rat.

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    sincavage05  about 4 hours ago

    Thank you rat, for showing the world the way it should be.

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    eddi-TBH  about 2 hours ago

    This isn’t really a problem. Most people vote the way someone richer tells them to. Because anyone richer than them must be smart and trustworthy.

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