Doonesbury gets it right......again!

[No2W2004]

[Ready4Change]

1. Dang! And asterix in the helmet!

*

[MirrorAshes]

3. for those of us who might have missed it, where did * come from?

was it coined on DU? whats it mean exactly?

[DELUSIONAL]

5. The * is Doonesbury's invention

When Doonesbury first started drawing bush -- he used the *

The connotation will be that in history books bushita will carry the * with the note -- that bush was NOT elected but rather appointed.

[Ready4Change]

10. Oh, I thought the * originated on DU.

My bad.

Wasn't Bush 41 a feather? Who was the feather?

[No2W2004]

6. The story is

that Trudeau came up with * to represent a point of light to represent Poppy Bush. (1000 points of light). So, Shrub gets the same * plus the Imperial helmet for his love of war.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

11. No, it's because Poppy was invisible next to Reagan.

[KitSileya]

9. I didn't know either.

I had no clue as to why the asterisk was used to represent Bush, so as I surfed DU, I came up with what I thought was the reason. ::blush:: I thought it was to graphically represent you know, the a$$hole that he is. Honestly, I that was what I thought they meant. It took me a long time to work that out, but now that I have, I figure it's as good an interpretation as any, even if I don't normally go for that kind of language, being a teacher.

[BOSSHOG]

2. The little boy just hates having daddy thrown in his face

karen won't let him see the comics tomorrow morning.

[shraby]

4. I think it's because in the history books

there will be an asterisk by his name with footnotes.

[elepet]

8. harry potter

I thought it was being used instead of his name like "he whose name is never said"

[DeepModem Mom]

7. W screamed about Blair, because Poppy's Coalition is bigger than his...

IMO.