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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:53 AM
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Obama White House makes its premiere in Doonesbury.


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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:56 AM
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1. It's about time.
Can't wait to see what he came up with. The strip is still brilliant everyday, but I was getting bored with the sub-plots.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:00 AM
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4. I figured he would wait a while to get a feel for this White House.
I believe he has.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:07 AM
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6. Absolutely
It's certainly not something he could just jump into. I've been trying to guess what it will be, and I have no idea where he's going to go with it.

I loved Dan Quayle's one little feather, and Poppy as the "stealth" president.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:59 AM
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2. The White House could be the icon...
:shrug:
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:02 AM
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5. No, the words above the White House thing he does with all Presidents.
He needs the icon for internal scenes.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:08 AM
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7. It's been a while
But as I recall, the White House was Trudeau's icon for Nixon - back when old Dick was holed up there, avoiding Watergate.

I could be wrong.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:18 AM
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8. That's true!
I didn't think of that. Words above the White House is what he did for Nixon, Ford and Carter.

I've gotten so used to the idea that Obama would have an icon that it did not occur to me that he might not.

hmm...
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:20 AM
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9. Well, I'm no Doonesbury expert
But I think he started Dubya from the outside, then he gave him a crown, then gave him the slowly deteriorating helmet.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:29 AM
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11. At one point W was a cowboy hat - pre 9/11 I think?
I bet he had several icons - but I saw the hat one on a Doonesbury page just now.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:36 AM
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12. You're right
He did have a cowboy hat. That may have been during the 2000 election season?
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:38 AM
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16. see the link I just posted below
the link from that page shows some of the old icons - though I do remember a crown for W - maybe when he was seen as a crown prince early on? In Aug 2001 he would have been at the "pig farm", right?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:44 AM
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17. Ahhh
Edited on Mon May-25-09 09:49 AM by blogslut
So he went from cowboy (after selection) hat to crown to helmet:





EDIT ADD: Or maybe the crown was just a one-time thing?

Arrggh. My head hurts.

EDIT EDIT: Found another crown:
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:42 AM
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21. I would love to see Bush go out in nature and get gored by a deer.
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s-cubed Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 12:46 PM
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23. I always liked the cowboy hat: "All hat, no cattle", is a common
Texas expression for a fraud.
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 01:09 PM
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24. Thanks for finding those nt
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 07:31 PM
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30. W's REAL icon (or avatar) was the ASTERISK, for damned good reason!
Trudeau was not going to let us forget W's illegitimacy, the one single outstanding fact of his eight-yeaar occupancy of the WH.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:59 AM
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3. Clever!
Though it took me a moment, "hmm, appear above the white house...what does THAT mean?" :P
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:24 AM
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10. Excellent. n/t
:dem:

-Laelth
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:37 AM
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13. Maybe he'll use a brain
since the last pResident didn't know how to use his. Seriously, Obama is known as a thinker, someone who considers multiple angles and listens to others' opinions. I was going to say ears but that would be way too trivial for Doonesbury. If not a brain, something else to represent intellect.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:52 AM
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18. yeah, a brain or a book would be good. nt
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 10:06 AM
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20. I am betting on sun glasses
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janet118 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 09:15 AM
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29. Yes . . .
cool and opaque . . . I like it.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:37 AM
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14. guess it's become a FAQ for them:
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/faqs/index.html
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:12 PM
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25. Someone suggested a TELEPROMPTER?
:dunce:
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:37 AM
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15. Give the guy another Pulitzer Prize...
that is SERIOUSLY funny...
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 10:02 AM
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19. Hahahaha.
I like it.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:44 AM
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22. I thought it was Bush saying that when first saw it.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 01:29 AM
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26. Sweet Debut
WTG Gary Trudeau
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 06:52 AM
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27. Today's strip
Let's see if linking to Slate works:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-26-09 08:36 AM
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28. The honeymoon's over. n/t
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