Ok, first off, let's set the scene - I have been an avid reader of Doonesbury since it started back in the early '70's. I love the comic and the characters - when BD was shown without a helmet of some sort for the first time a couple of years ago - he was always seen with either a football, police or soldier's helmet throughout his entire 'life' - it was amazing and a major moment in the strip. I don't always agree with Gary Trudeau's politics - well, that's not true, it's more like I hardly EVER agree - but the characters are great and he has a wonderful wit and sense of irony. He has had some memorable politician symbols - of course, we know about George W Bush and his beaten-up ancient Roman-style helmet. Of course, before that, he was the asterisk. Dan Quayle was the feather. Bill Clinton was a waffle; Arnold Schwarezenegger a 'groping hand'. Good stuff.
But lately, Trudeau has been irritating me by devoting a full week to Sarah Palin, for no apparent reason. I mean, the election is over and she really hasn't been in the news much, certainly not enough to rate a week of focus. So I started thinking about what he might do with Obama, if he actually has the guts to use a 'symbol' for him.
The question becomes, what will Trudeau pick for him?? Hopefully he won't take the easy way out and simply have him speaking from out of the frame. So I have a few suggestions on that can be used to represent him.
1) Dictionary - since he is all about 'words', what better to represent him than a bunch
of words?!
2) A passport (American, of course) - because of all of the Internet chat about his
country of birth, this might be an appropriate symbol. Or should it be a Kenyan
passport? ;-)
3) 27 cents - 'Change' we can believe in! It would be 2 dimes, a nickel and 2 pennies.
And maybe within the 'circle with red line through it'.
4) A red, white and blue depiction of the Hoover Dam - in honor of the Rev.
Jeremiah Wright ('G-- damn America'). Ok, this is a stretch for sure, but I like
the imagery.
5) A tire - to symbolize the 'retreads' that Obama is appointing - Gates, Clinton,
Emanuel, Holder.
Dan
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