Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 01, 1978

Transcript:

Man: You know, Zonk, maybe I could get a handle on our times if I looked at them politically. Zonker: Politically? Well, yes, I suppose that approach is possible... Man: You abreast of all that? Zonker: Well, I try to be. And as best I can tell, Kirb, we now live in a special interest state. It's a time when "leaders" have become errand boys, when national policy has succumbed to single issues, parochialism, self-interest, fragmentation, and mind-numbing apathy. Man: Well, I'd heard that... Zonker: Of course. I'd be glad to look into it further for you.