After seeing Satan’s competition, my wife said, “Oh, so it really is like a Hamilton mayoral election, then?” I go for unerring accuracy in all of my comics.
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Somebody once commented that American Politics has devolved into a choice between the Evil of Two Lessors. You basically get the same results, just by slightly different means. One administration implements policy against the righteous indignation of the other party who then gladly welcomes and adopts the policy they were formerly so outraged against. We’re led by evil clowns.
I want to see a day when we stop pretending it matters which professional actor we elect as official spokesperson and scapegoat. They should have to wear their sponsorships on their suits like racecars, so we at least know whose interests they’re acting on behalf of.
We should also stop letting them use titles that imply they have the authority to make any decisions themselves.
There’s just one thing that bothers me in this strip.
WHY, just WHY, is Satan in the blue corner?
He needs to be in the dark-as-hell-but-not-completely-black-blue-but-it’s-close-enough-to-count-as-black-corner, damn it!
Up here (confusingly), it’s reversed. Red = Liberals, blue = Conservatives. But really, I was more thinking of a boxing match when I came up with the colors and wasn’t sweating political allegiance. Theoretically (in Canada anyway) a mayoral race isn’t party-based, but the same divisions usually apply.
I’d say, knowing the usual stereotypes, that Satan here would be the Republican. He lives in an enormous Georgian-style mansion, has a hot daughter, and loves the misery of the poor. Tony, meanwhile, is an embezzling crook with ties to the mafia and a number of major unions. Totally democrat. Two shades of evil, one purpose.
Seriously, I’d like to see ALL Political Parties eliminated, and force people to vote for the Person, not the Party. Parties are corrupt.
Failing that, just take the Parties off the Ballot. Then the voters would be forced to at least make some effort to discover who they are voting for, and not blindly voting for some Party that supposedly represents then (but most definitely does not).
Or we could just follow some Fast Food Restaurants, where the menus have no names, just pictures of the food. No names, even. Just vote for a picture of your Candidate.
Interestingly enough, that’s sort of how Canadians do vote: all of Canada is sort of like one big swing state, with lots of people having no real party affinity. So they tend to vote on the charm and charisma of the leader more than the party itself. Witness the rise of Justin Trudeau. I mean, I love the guy and think he’s a good leader, but yeah. His charming sexiness certainly didn’t hurt.
With the upcoming presidential election, I’ve been joking that we should just offer honorary citizenship to all American citizens who want to flee their country. I think we’d get a large percentage of highly educated and smart individuals coming up to enrich our economy.
I still don’t know what food stamps are. Even though I’ve heard them talked of in movies and such. I’m assuming they’re … stamps? That you trade for food? Weird.
Colors (colours) are flipped in Canada. Red is Liberal (the Dem equivalent) and blue is Conservative (the Republican equivalent). But then we throw an orange in the mix for good measure with the NDP (basically like Bernie Sanders if he had his own party.)
Like in the States, though, mayors do not officially have party affiliation.
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Somebody once commented that American Politics has devolved into a choice between the Evil of Two Lessors. You basically get the same results, just by slightly different means. One administration implements policy against the righteous indignation of the other party who then gladly welcomes and adopts the policy they were formerly so outraged against. We’re led by evil clowns.
It’s a little … crazy. There needs to be a little less ideology and a little more functioning going down.
Agreed.
Same in Britain really. Just a slightly differently calibrated baseline.
Too. Depressingly. Realistic. To. Be. Funny.
I aim for hard-hitting realism here. Every time.
I want to see a day when we stop pretending it matters which professional actor we elect as official spokesperson and scapegoat. They should have to wear their sponsorships on their suits like racecars, so we at least know whose interests they’re acting on behalf of.
We should also stop letting them use titles that imply they have the authority to make any decisions themselves.
Someday, perhaps. Someday.
You’re in for a long wait, dude.
There’s just one thing that bothers me in this strip.
WHY, just WHY, is Satan in the blue corner?
He needs to be in the dark-as-hell-but-not-completely-black-blue-but-it’s-close-enough-to-count-as-black-corner, damn it!
I dunno. They didn’t have the corner available in the right colour. Blue was close enough.
Office Depot only had red and blue.
If you put them together and cross your eyes, you can create a reasonable facsimile of purple.
Looking at it from an American politics viewpoint, I find it apropos that Satan is a Democrat, and the um… ‘businessman’ is a Republican.
Funny. I was actually thinking the other way around, but that’s just me.
Red = Republican
Blue = Democrat
& The Republicans are touted as pro business.
Up here (confusingly), it’s reversed. Red = Liberals, blue = Conservatives. But really, I was more thinking of a boxing match when I came up with the colors and wasn’t sweating political allegiance. Theoretically (in Canada anyway) a mayoral race isn’t party-based, but the same divisions usually apply.
I’d say, knowing the usual stereotypes, that Satan here would be the Republican. He lives in an enormous Georgian-style mansion, has a hot daughter, and loves the misery of the poor. Tony, meanwhile, is an embezzling crook with ties to the mafia and a number of major unions. Totally democrat. Two shades of evil, one purpose.
Seriously, I’d like to see ALL Political Parties eliminated, and force people to vote for the Person, not the Party. Parties are corrupt.
Failing that, just take the Parties off the Ballot. Then the voters would be forced to at least make some effort to discover who they are voting for, and not blindly voting for some Party that supposedly represents then (but most definitely does not).
Or we could just follow some Fast Food Restaurants, where the menus have no names, just pictures of the food. No names, even. Just vote for a picture of your Candidate.
Sure would work for Phoebe !
Interestingly enough, that’s sort of how Canadians do vote: all of Canada is sort of like one big swing state, with lots of people having no real party affinity. So they tend to vote on the charm and charisma of the leader more than the party itself. Witness the rise of Justin Trudeau. I mean, I love the guy and think he’s a good leader, but yeah. His charming sexiness certainly didn’t hurt.
GO CANADA !!
Though I have to laugh. I hear Americans all the time threatening “if that person is elected President, I’m moving to Canada !”
Like Canada would want them. (Believe me, you don’t.)
With the upcoming presidential election, I’ve been joking that we should just offer honorary citizenship to all American citizens who want to flee their country. I think we’d get a large percentage of highly educated and smart individuals coming up to enrich our economy.
It’s a deal !
Don’t worry, we’ll vet them all.
(snicker)
Just promise me you won’t let on that Canada has no Food Stamp program.
I still don’t know what food stamps are. Even though I’ve heard them talked of in movies and such. I’m assuming they’re … stamps? That you trade for food? Weird.
And if the other person wins, please consider the Salem Cat Clan for Citizenship.
I’m already practicing “Ohh, Canada, ….”
Trump Vs. Clinton. Nice… (I know this is an ‘old’ comic so no need to tell me)
The similarities are uncanny, though, aren’t they? Seriously. I’m psychic.
You have seen this, right ?
https://puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-162
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Please, America – DO VOTE for the “person” with the good lookin’ daughter.
I’m said enough.
From this point forward I will be known as AGENT SC.
You seriously call that a person? I mean, LOOK AT HIS HORNS!!!
You have an issue with HORNS ?
So, do colors mean the same thing in Canadian politics as American? How about British? Honduran?
Do you guys tend to directly elect your mayors?
So many questions. So few matter.
Colors (colours) are flipped in Canada. Red is Liberal (the Dem equivalent) and blue is Conservative (the Republican equivalent). But then we throw an orange in the mix for good measure with the NDP (basically like Bernie Sanders if he had his own party.)
Like in the States, though, mayors do not officially have party affiliation.
It depends on what city you live in.
I had a friend who was NDP. I think we talked about him.
Yeah, I’m pretty used to the U.S. being the weird kid on the block. It keeps things fun.
I guess Canada does directly elect their mayors.