Sunday's Doonesbury is falling behind

[n2doc]

Probably because it is a repeat. The Do nothings in the House have voted to repeal Obamacare 38 times (at least) in full , and overall the do nothings in Congress have voted nearly 70 times to repeal parts of it. All failed.

[Blanks]

1. Is it up to 38 now?

I haven't been watching 'The Daily Show'. It appears that I have fallen behind.

[n2doc]

2. yep check out the link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023284479

They seem to have lost track.....

[hobbit709]

3. Notice at the beginning that it says "THIS SESSION"

38 overall votes yes

[n2doc]

11. If you consider this session as starting in Jan 2013 it doesn't work either n/t

[hootinholler]

16. That comic is a flashback

It may be from last session, I didn't see an original date on the site.

[CTyankee]

4. I really wonder what your average republican is thinking right about now...

is this enough for them? Are they so besotted that they can't see what's going on?

I just don't get it...

[n2doc]

5. They think this is a winner for their base

They get to go home and say "I voted to repeal Obamacare" and "I introduced a bill to repeal Obamacare, and it was passed by the house". The average repub eats this up and never realizes that each vote costs millions of dollars in taxpayer money, and does absolutely nothing.

[CTyankee]

6. But more than 30 times? At what point do people start to ask why they do the same thing over

and over again and get zilch for it?

[n2doc]

8. How long did they stretch Benghazi out?

Hell, for that matter they still have people yammering on about the 'Kenyan". Their base is too stupid and deluded to get it. Sorry, but that is the unvarnished truth, insulting as it is.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. And when Hilary runs, they will dust off all the "Vince Foster" etc stories.

[KansDem]

7. Man, I'd like to be paid a six-digit salary with perks and benefits...

...to do symbolic work!

My business card would read: KansDem, MS

(Master of Symbology)

[n2doc]

9. I think a lot of people would

However, I like to believe that the average American would actually try and do a good job, rather than grandstanding all the time. It is a shame our system is closed to most Americans at that level.

[n2doc]

10. Note: Repeal Obamacare votes took up 15% of Congress' time

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/15/2014201/house-republicans-repeal-obamacare-waste/

That's 1 out of every 7 days, folks!

[B Stieg]

12. Trudeau can run the same strip every Sunday!

Just change the number of votes the House takes to repeal the ACA!

And, of course, it's all the President's fault.

[hermetic]

13. Just so you know

Doonesbury is all reruns this summer as Trudeau is busy writing a new series, "Alpha House." It stars John Goodman and Clark Johnson as republican senators sharing a residence with two others. It should be a hoot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/this-just-in-doonesbury-to-go-on-sabbatical-as-amazon-studios-officially-picks-up-trudeaus-capitol-hill-comedy-alpha-house/2013/05/29/3aba59ee-c866-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_blog.html

Otherwise, though, I do agree with all the statements so far in this thread.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Great news!

Goodman is always worth watching and Johnson is equally good.
This oughta be a hoot!

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. I am watching the pilot right now, and it is fantastic..!!!!!

Definitly one of those shows I would want to watch twice per episode.
Very caustic..marvelous.

[UTUSN]

14. Well, if it's in re-runs, Doonesbury was still prescient about Geraldo & his selfie today

But if we lose the Senate, all those House votes will look different.

[JohnnyRingo]

15. He's been on hiatus.

Last week's strips were reruns about Afghanistan.

I hope he gets his break and returns without regrets. I read an interview where he said he doesn't like doing the strip anymore and the short lead time has become too demanding. The end of an era may be near.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Gosh, I hope not....

I have every single one of the books, from the beginning.

One of my sons, who was a slacker in high school, aced a current history final in the early 80's, much to my shock.
I asked how he managed it.
He said it was from reading my Doonesbury collection.

Maybe history books ought to be done in comic strip style.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. "Funny" you should say that.

When I was growing up in the '60s, some congressman declared war on comic books. They were soon seen as cheap rags depicting mouse on cat violence and brain rotting stale gags. I still recall hearing grade school teachers denounce comics and disallow them in their classroom.

By the mid '60s I was reading new comics and noticed something. Tubby and Lil Lulu would go on a trip to Australia and describe such geographic features as the Billabong, Great Bight, and The Outback. Dennis The Menace and his family took a trip to Washington DC where They visited the Capital Building, Washington Monument, and Ford's Theater.

Did you know if you speak softly in the Capital Rotunda, your voice travels clearly throughout the floor? I do, and comic books are one reason I still retain much of what learned back then.

I didn't do as well when Scrooge McDuck used algebra to compute how much money he could fit in his vault, but at least they tried. Seeing The Beagle Boys use geometry to plan bank shots on their pool table did improve my game many years later however.

hahaha

[Fumesucker]

23. They have been done in comic strip style

My daughter and I went through this together one summer when she was about 12 or so, she did pretty well in history the next year.

[Scurrilous]

17. K & R