When Flips Flop
I take back all my complaining about the endless presidential campaign. It's turned out to be one of the most entertaining ever. Who could've imagined the McCain comeback, Huckleberry calling for a constitutional ammendment officially recognizing one god, Romney flipping through positions as if he were shuffling a deck of cards, Ron Paul with a name that sounds like a porn star, Giuliani changing family values to mean taking his mistress to the Hamptons on the taxpayers' dime, and all of them sniping at each other like valley girls? And then there's the likelihood the Democratic candidate will be either a woman or an African-American, literally. If you're a political mainliner it's sheer bliss, the only downside being having to go cold turkey after November.
posted by John M Crowther @ 7:21 AM
9 Comments:
John, have no fear. There’s no need to go Cold Turkey after the November elections. As we all remember from the first 100 days of the Clinton administration, the Congress of the United States will do anything whatsoever to put the elected president in his (or her) place, if only to remind the new kid on the block who really runs the joint. Hillary, of course, stands a better chance of decent treatment ‘cause she has paid, repaid and overpaid her dues to the masters of the Senate. After the Inauguration as Congress blocks any new legislation, my suggestion is that our present candidates, whether elected or not, keep on debating. It is vastly more entertaining than American Idol. In a few week’s time most viewers will have forgotten who they voted into office in the first place.
Drrrinnng! A little bell just went off. (“Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you, dummy.”) Your candidate is named Joe Janus. In Roman Mythology Janus was the roman God of gates and doors, hence our word “janitor.” As Wikipedia --that impeccable source of information tells us-- Janus was “usually depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions, generally facing towards naked homosexual men.” Your Joe looks pretty straight to me, at least judging by his fashion-sense. Is there a gay skeleton there in the closet some place? Fess up. Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly are dying to know.
You're certainly a super sleuth Professor! Could it be possible tho that he's just two faced like all the rest of them? Nah... I'm sure there's more to it than that...John's a clever cartoonist always with a complex message... :-)
I'd like to start school all over again and remember my Latin. (Too many art classes and thought I did not need to learn to write). You two are great with writing and il professore thank you for the tips that I don't even think about.
John, this was a great cartoon.... and you keep getting more creative as time passes. I forwarded just the commentary to a couple of friends and one said it should be the editorial for the Wall Street Journal.
Put me on your list for your book when it comes out.
Katherine
You give me too much credit, Jean. I don't know what this stuff means, I just channel it [grin]. I can tell you that no homosexual subtext was intended. Janus also was the god of the rising and setting of the sun, so he may have had no control over who was cavorting on the horizon. On the other hand we do know about some of those congressmen. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, it's written by an infinite number of monkeys.
Thanks, Katherine, for the kind words.
>>As far as Wikipedia is concerned, it's written by an infinite number of monkeys.<<
Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about this: “The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare.” I have never been convinced that a single chimp could do a Shakespeare play, but if the writer’s strike continues I bet a few in congress could come up with a decent sit-com.
This doesn't surprise me at all Professor... some of the drivel that gets written for television (esp) these days could have easily been written by a monkey. Although I think the monkey may have a tad more good taste.
With respect, folks, John got there first. Check the archives for December 26.
(Ah... nothing like a devotee keeping tabs!) At least we all agree then... about the monkeys I mean.
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