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Summary: "Doonesbury" goes for the jugular on Bush and Quayle
Review: If there was one president who shot back when G.B. Trudeau took a shot at them in "Doonsebury," then it is clearly George Bush. In the advance comments that appear on the back cover of "Read My Lips, Make My Day, Eat Quiche and Die!" there are eight comments from Bush dating from November 4, 1984 to May 6, 1988 reflecting a wide range of responses. At one point Bush thinks "Doonebsury" is "pretty funny" and then he declares he wants to "go up and kick the hell out of" Trudeau. An "Oakland Tribune" editorial gets the final word, suggesting "George Bush has been reading too much of 'Doonesbury' and taking it much too seriously." So, what exactly does George Bush have to be upset about in this collection of "Doonesbury" daily and Sunday comic strips from 1988-89? On the political front Trudeau still has a few parting shots at Ronald Reagan with regards to pardoning members of his administration and the U.S. winning the Cold War (that gets a victory parade with Roland Hedley and Barbara Ann Boopstein doing the commentary. But then we have the ties between "Poppy" Bush and the Skull and Bones, Yales' secret society. However, it is not so much George Bush as his decision to make Dan Quayle his running mate that Trudeau goes after. Remember that George Bush was always drawn as an invisible man (insisting that he is "somebody"), while Quayle was drawn as a feather. Trudeau goes for the jugular on the selection with a poll (not adjusted for sarcasm) showing that women want candidates who bear a faint resemblance to Robert Redford and for a really hot guy to be in charge of the country. Then there is "worst-case scenario" in which George Herbert Walker Bush dies of food poisoning and Quayle becomes president. By the time the Vice-President elect is sent to the funeral of a dead whale you have to wonder why there are not some comments from Quayle on the back of his book. But then Bush's evil twin "Skippy" is nailed taking steroids and things fall back into perspective. Meanwhile, the Doonesbury crew have their own problems. Mike Doonesbury's marriage is on the rocks and Zonker is there to lend support and fill up the empty spot on the other side of the bed. Boopsie is ready for California to fall into the ocean per the prediction of Nostradamus, Uncle Duke is not the new captain of the "Trump Princess," and Rick Redfern has to deal with turning 40. There is also a nice bit on the report that American young adults scored dead last in geographic literacy (Nicaragua could turn into another Vietnam, but do not ask anybody where either one is on a map). But in the end this book comes down to skewering Bush and rooting on Mike, at least one of which has got to be something you would enjoy.
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Summary: "Doonesbury" goes for the jugular on Bush and Quayle
Review: If there was one president who shot back when G.B. Trudeau took a shot at them in "Doonsebury," then it is clearly George Bush. In the advance comments that appear on the back cover of "Read My Lips, Make My Day, Eat Quiche and Die!" there are eight comments from Bush dating from November 4, 1984 to May 6, 1988 reflecting a wide range of responses. At one point Bush thinks "Doonebsury" is "pretty funny" and then he declares he wants to "go up and kick the hell out of" Trudeau. An "Oakland Tribune" editorial gets the final word, suggesting "George Bush has been reading too much of 'Doonesbury' and taking it much too seriously." So, what exactly does George Bush have to be upset about in this collection of "Doonesbury" daily and Sunday comic strips from 1988-89? On the political front Trudeau still has a few parting shots at Ronald Reagan with regards to pardoning members of his administration and the U.S. winning the Cold War (that gets a victory parade with Roland Hedley and Barbara Ann Boopstein doing the commentary. But then we have the ties between "Poppy" Bush and the Skull and Bones, Yales' secret society. However, it is not so much George Bush as his decision to make Dan Quayle his running mate that Trudeau goes after. Remember that George Bush was always drawn as an invisible man (insisting that he is "somebody"), while Quayle was drawn as a feather. Trudeau goes for the jugular on the selection with a poll (not adjusted for sarcasm) showing that women want candidates who bear a faint resemblance to Robert Redford and for a really hot guy to be in charge of the country. Then there is "worst-case scenario" in which George Herbert Walker Bush dies of food poisoning and Quayle becomes president. By the time the Vice-President elect is sent to the funeral of a dead whale you have to wonder why there are not some comments from Quayle on the back of his book. But then Bush's evil twin "Skippy" is nailed taking steroids and things fall back into perspective. Meanwhile, the Doonesbury crew have their own problems. Mike Doonesbury's marriage is on the rocks and Zonker is there to lend support and fill up the empty spot on the other side of the bed. Boopsie is ready for California to fall into the ocean per the prediction of Nostradamus, Uncle Duke is not the new captain of the "Trump Princess," and Rick Redfern has to deal with turning 40. There is also a nice bit on the report that American young adults scored dead last in geographic literacy (Nicaragua could turn into another Vietnam, but do not ask anybody where either one is on a map). But in the end this book comes down to skewering Bush and rooting on Mike, at least one of which has got to be something you would enjoy.
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