[lbo-talk] American Politics 101 on the Comics Page

[Timothy Francis-Wright]

In the comic strip Over the Hedge, the woodland creatures are
taking a break from ragging on suburbia.  Instead, this week 
Verne (the turtle) is explaining to RJ (the raccoon) how American 
presidential politics works:

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/hedge/archive/hedge-20040123.html

  RJ: What exactly does the president do?

  Verne: He's sworn to defend the Constitution from all enemies 
foreign and domestic.

  RJ: And imaginary?

  Verne: He throws those in for free.

  RJ: Workin' overtime!

On Tuesday, Verne explained exactly which vote mattered last time
(hint: 5-4).  Thursday's is good, too.

--tim francis-wright