Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 20, 2012
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Transcript:
Zipper: I don't really get why you're obsessing on Alex, man... yo, you're a best-selling author with a killer crib! You must have the ladies pounding on your door! Jeff: You might think. The truth is, dawg, I'm already behind on my mortgage payments. Zipper: So? Jeff: So chicks can see when you're underwater.
And speaking of weird, what is it with GuardSGT’s obsession with Obama’s stepfather? For the last couple years, this “Barry Soetero” trope has been part of his gang’s verbal masturbation. What’s the point?
FWIW, something like seven presidents were not born with the name under which they were ultimately sworn in—slightly more Republicans in the group, most recently Jerry Ford, who used his stepfather’s name. But, like, so what?
Apparently we are to assume that calling Barack “Barry” is either insulting or cute. Since Gerald Ford (who was born neither Gerald nor Ford) called himself Jerry, I don’t get what’s so awful about it. Can anyone explain this BS to me?