Doonesbury - Apologists Not Excepted

[JHB]

[mucifer]

1. I think we are lucky trump is as old and sick as he is. I doubt he will be healthy enough

to run in 3 years..

[NurseJackie]

2. That's an optimistic way to look at things.

[rampartc]

3. he can afford (somehow) the best health care

maybe our next president will be a futurama style "trump's head in a bottle."

[PatSeg]

5. Even the best health care in the world

can only do so much to counteract his horrible lifestyle and nasty disposition. Plus he is too arrogant and stubborn to follow any doctor's recommendations.

[Hortensis]

15. If he takes after his dad, he still has another decade before Alzheimer's

sets in and then another decade for that to kill him. It took Fred at 94. Think I'll pin my hopes on the nasty disposition, although he seems to have inherited a lot of that also, coupled with a new prison lifestyle.

Trump, "the demi-god of the reactionary extremists."

[PatSeg]

16. I think his father was a much more disciplined person

Donald has been excessive and reckless in all aspects of his life. I have a feeling moderate old Fred did not overindulge the way his son does. Though both nasty people, they had very different dispositions.

[Hortensis]

17. Fred certainly was less fat. And have to admit Trump

doesn't seem to take after him physically. Still, I'll hope for Alzheimer's as a backup if nothing else trumps him for good first.

[PatSeg]

18. Oh, I anticipate a little Alzheimer's

combined with heart disease or maybe a stroke. It is already believed that he has had some mini strokes while in the White House. You know, we really don't have much of a clue about his real health, as they lied to us all along.

[Dave in VA]

9. Yes we are, but

they are not all old farts with one foot in the grave.

Ever vigilant!

[Kid Berwyn]

4. What do traitors call "a failed coup"?

“Practice.”

[PatSeg]

6. Spot on!

[Kid Berwyn]

7. I borrowed it from DU.

Wish I could credit the author, unknown to memory, but it is letter-perfect.

[PatSeg]

8. Yes, it absolutely is

Such people don't learn their lesson when they get caught, they just learn to do it better the next time.

[samnsara]

10. plus...we can watch every move he makes via social media..every single move....

[malthaussen]

11. Austria didn't have country-club prisons...

... so Herr Hitler was treated as though he were in a country club while occupying a regular cell. He even got a carpet for the floor.

Why it is that governments turn a blind eye to those who would overthrow it has always mystified me. However, the conduct of the GOP does not mystify me: instead, I conclude they are all culpable.

Those quotes from Senators are priceless, though. They demonstrate something I call the Peter Pan Principle: wish real hard, and it will be so. Or at least, you can pretend it is so.

-- Mal

[cayugafalls]

12. I'm just hoping he is taken out by a big mac and fry...

No need for stealth, it['s all about his health.

[modrepub]

13. More Like An Attempted Lynching

Others have described Jan 6 as more akin to an attempted lynching. A coup or putsch would have had clear military support. The folks involved in the storming of the Capital were more like an unruly mob with some wanna be elements sprinkled within. Like lynch mobs they expected to do their dirty work with law enforcement elements tacitly backing down. First surprise was a lot of them didn't.

The folks who made it inside certainly felt they were justified taking the election process into their own hands. Like white lynchers, there was an almost giddy joy with what they had done. Some of that giddiness probably wore off when one of their own was shot trying to violently enter the inner chamber. Though letting all the folks walk out of the Capital building after what they had done was a bone head move. It also goes along with the lynching mentality that the folks who had stormed the Capital that day had really done nothing wrong.

What is painfully obvious to me is there's a large minority of Americans who have no interest in sharing power. They will do whatever it takes to hold on to it. Then next phase is to restrict or gum up voting access. Maybe the Trump folks will loose their poll enthusiasm in future election cycles. But fear is a powerful motivator; fear of the other side "taking over".

Demographics currently favor the Democrats going forward. Some may hold onto this point and hope change is coming (and states will flip). I'll point out that after the 1876 elections, Republicans suffering Civil War fatigue and a badly decided presidential election ended Reconstruction and left the newly freed male slaves to their fate. African Americans in the south (and elsewhere) disappeared from the electorate for almost 100 years (even longer by some accords). I can't help but think that we are at that point again. Will we open the halls of power via ensuring greater citizen participation or will we allow access to be curtailed to favor certain portions of the electorate? Time will tell I guess.

[dalton99a]

14. Kick

[planetc]

19. Let Doonesbury be kicked.

[crickets]

20. Kicking Doonesbury back to the top!

[Hekate]

21. I no longer wake up every day saying, "Is he dead yet?" But Trump, Trumpists, & Trumpism remain...

The party formerly known as the GOP is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of an entirely anti-democratic movement.

You tell ‘em, Mark Slackmeyer! Doonesbury is as relevant as ever.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Another great Doonesbury strip