Fantasy Dem Talks Like a Gop

In case you missed the Sunday edition of Doonesbury (if you’re a New York Times subscriber, for example), here it is from Slate:

That’s Michael Doonesbury’s daughter Alex who is watching a congressional debate on her tummy TV in her dorm at M.I.T. The content of the debate, however, is pure fantasy because it is the Democrat who uses President Bush’s undebatable technique of casting his opponent’s position in the most radical terms.

The fantasy Democratic candidate says:

Well, as my Republican friend here well knows, there are some people who accept the brutal torture and execution of 100 Iraqi civilians a day. Well, I don’t. I’m against it. That’s a key difference between me and some people.

Later, he says:

There’s also a view out there that we don’t need a Bill of Rights anymore, that we should just let teh president decide what rights we have. Well, I like our Constitution, even if he hates it. I think its a pretty good document.

Last frame:

KARL ROVE: They’re learning sir.

PRES. BUSH: Too late, though. Right, Karl?