TRUDEAU: Most Pleased With His Own Daughter's Comment: "You're a good friend to the ladies, Dad."

[kpete]

Slate: I'd argue that by taking on this topic, and especially by skewering "middle aged, male state legislators" for getting behind the ultrasound bills, you're having a feminist moment. Do you see it that way?

Trudeau: The comment that pleased me the most this week came in an email from my daughter: "You're a good friend to the ladies, Dad."

I used to self-identify as a feminist, simply as a matter of principle. But now I'm also a father and a husband. This is about the health and rights of people I love.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/03/garry_trudeau_interview_his_doonesbury_strip_about_the_virginia_and_texas_ultrasound_laws_.html

[FSogol]

1. Garry Trudeau - National Treasure.

[CTyankee]

2. He has been so supportive of his wife, Jane Pauley, when she was struggling with bipolar

disorder. It couldn't have been easy. I had a boss who had it and I had to leave my job because I just couldn't take it any more and I couldn't figure out why she acted the way she did. I found out later that she had the disorder and figured that she probably wasn't taking her meds. So it's a tough situation.

Trudeau is a class act.

[northoftheborder]

4. National Treasure and Genius, as artist and commentor on current events.

[MarianJack]

3. As a husband and father myself,...

...I totally agree!

PEACE!