Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 15, 1979

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Mark: I don't believe this! I better reread it. Ah! Another hearwarming success story from the John Warner school of opportunism! Mike: Tell! Tell! Mark: A wealthy fried chicken salesman marries Phyllis George in front of 300 hand-picked celebrities. Two months later, he's his party's nominee for Governor of Kentucky! Mike: A mid-life career change? Mark: Inspiring, isn't it? "John X. Brown, who refuses to rule out a future bid for the presidency, says he decided to run after Norman Vincent Peale told the newlyweds, 'You are a team. Go out and serve mankind.' Party observors were stunned when the ex-encyclopedia peddler, who has never held office and even forgot to vote in the last two elections, declared himself fit for public service." Mike: Good Lord. Mark: "Taking both his case and his wife directly to the people, Brown spend over $1,250,000 during his eight-week fight for recognition." Mike: Counting the wedding expenses. Mark: "...excluding his wedding, which was underwritten by 'People' magazine."