I hope I am able to wish the very best to Ted Cruz..

[Le Gaucher]

Next week for his new career as a

Reverse Mortgage Salesman!!

[First Speaker]

1. No, no...he'll join the Mounties, of course...

...go back home and pursue Snidely Whiplash across the peaks of the Rockies...

[Wounded Bear]

2. What he really wants is Tess Trueheart...

[Cartoonist]

5. You mean Nell Fenwick?

Tess Trueheart is Dick Tracy's girl.

[Wounded Bear]

7. You're right. Sorry, Senior moment...

[Separation]

8. Dont you mean, the Meowties?

[nycbos]

3. Do you want to tempt the wrath from high atop the thing?

[royable]

4. I was thinking more alog the lines of used car saleman

or perhaps the late shift employee at a pawn shop or quikee loan storefront.

To which I'll add...there is a reason for the existence of the stereotype of the slimy used car salesman. And that is because we actually have a lot of slimy used car salesmen who fit the stereotype. And the reason we have a lot of slimy used car salesmen is because enough people give them business who do not perceive their sliminess. This tells us something about the nature of a segment of the American public that is large enough to keep a host of slimy used car salesmen employed. Enough of this slime-detecton-impaired segment of the American public votes that it can result in people like Cruz being elected to public office. And like Drumpf. And like a host of others these days.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R for, bwah hah, thanks for that!1