Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 25, 2022

If you really want power and wealth, take away the peasants’ right to vote.

Rat is looking to make millions from insider trade information.

Other incomes for politicians: 1) entrance fees that lobbyist pay to get into you office, 2) cushy jobs on a board for a company they know nothing about, 3) gifts that are supposed to go to their PAC, (not them), etc.., etc..

Another amazing statement of outrageous truth in the comics!

Didn’t know Rat was running in Arizona!

I know some people here really hate political comments, but I have to say it: Rat is exactly like all the senators in that horrible political party whose name I refuse to mention. Always standing on the heads of peasants for their own gain. Thankfully, the senators in my party only stand on peasants’ heads for the benefit of our country.

Peasants? I call us pee-ons. It’s what “trickle-down” is all about…

There’s no time to like the peasant.

If we finally get rid of the last non-millionaire in the US Senate, can we rename it the House of Lords?

Yes, it looks like we can count on Rat being an honest politician,

Honest in how crooked he is.

Rat’s already been President in this strip.

Nailed it

Geez, Rat just did a great imitation of the following Florida politicians: Governor DeSantis, Senator Marco Rubio (Vote Val Demings!!!!), Senator Rick Scott, former governor now DINO-Democrat Representative Charlie Crist (running for governor as the less of 2 evil candidates against DeSatan) and most of the duly elected state and federal political representatives from this part of the world. It is hard to trust anyone running for office nowadays if they are not Senators named Bernie or Liz or in a small group known as “The Squad” in our House of Reps.

I remember someone complaining when people brought politics into the PBS comments…

Lol.

Rat would run for President, but it’s a midterm election!

Our local Congressman votes lock step with his party, never see him until election time, and the candidate for Senator is so full of B.S. his eyes are brown, but it looks like he will win, politics suck!

Really hard to do political comedy these years. Let me see if there are any Will Rogers videos around somewhere…

Candid and honest are not the same thing. Rat is candid about his dishonesty.

I believe this is the first time I’ve seen Rat smile. (giggle, giggle.)

Office has enough rats already.

They all want to die in office, like Ted Kennedy.

I guess Rat’s neighbor grew a spine and refused to be the campaign peasant.

I’m running on the same platform, but with the promise to give half of my ill-gotten gains back to “community leaders”

Thanks to the Supreme Court, bribery is now legal.

2/3 of Americans cannot name their Senators/Representative. Republicans want to repeal the 17th Amendment and return to having state legislatures elect Senators-they dominate state legislatures thanks to gerrymandering.

What all politicians think and what I wish they would say.

Interpreting this.. let’s see, American politics.. hmm.. prevailing wisdom: Republicans are fascists, Democrats are Communists.. Neither are honest. Rat here is honest. Vote For Rat!

Has anyone noticed that no politician ever leaves office poorer than when he entered? Why is that?

He has my vote

Huh? I thought Ron Johnson was taller.

Rat must channeling the tv doctor over in PA

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou

& then they make big bucks as “consultants” when they leave office by peddling their influence with their former collegues.

The fact that we keep voting for the same people says more about us than it says about them. Marketing works and we’re afraid of change

Rat DESERVE to win!

BINGO! BRAVO!

They leave office, IF they leave, with mostly BRIBE MONEY from lobbyists, who pay them to vote in their favor….why do you think the NRA is still selling weapons to anyone, the prices of drugs never go down, Monsanto keep in producing POISONOUS chemicals…??? ETC, ETC! The biggest drug pushers in America are Pharm cos.!! On and on, nothing changes because of lying GREEDY politicians !

I think they want more than power now. They’re weaving in religious words like “forgiveness” and “soul of America”. They want you totally dependent on them. They want to be your god.

Term limits

Not met a lot of 30 year old rats…

What happened? Was he impeached and removed from office as President

I think that was Nancy Ratlosi

Is it proper to vote for a politician who isn’t wearing pants?

The out and out lies on television from campaigners is unbelievable. Do your research before voting, read actual voting records and experience. there are idiots being put in place with big strings attached to massive amounts of money.

Honesty can only guarantee you two votes, yours and God’s and even God’s can’t be guaranteed……

Human government hasn’t worked, maybe we should look for something else?

You can fool some of the people all of the time and that’s all you need.

Try this: to be truly representative i.e. Republican, a candidate’s wealth makes them eligible to run for seats according to how wealth is distributed in the population. 1% of the seats are eligible for the wealthiest 1% and so on down the line.

I live in WI. This rings way too true.

Ironic I read this just as a senator for re-elction who fits Rat’s description had one of their commercials on. As Pig said, at least Rat is honest (more than that senator will ever be)

Stephan! This is just way too on the mark describing the ’thuglicans — Lordy! ROFLMAO — And why am I laughing?

Somehow my first thought here was Mitch McConnell but then he married a very wealthy Chinese family so maybe I was wrong.

He tells it like it is. He’s got my vote.

We should fill the House of Representatives via a lottery. THAT would be a lot more representative of America.

Amazes me how on political ads, well, really most ads, there is a book of unsaid information between each line in the ad.

Ask what you can do for your country. Like maybe becoming an informed voter. And maybe not be afraid to vote for a minor party or write in candidate. That way you have a right to complain about the winner. Also unlike Rat be a contributing member of society all 365 days of the year. Thank you for your time.

Still a rat.

Who knows? In this topsy-turvy world, Rat the Honest Politician just might win….

November is the start of Pheasant Season, Little did I know I have been misspelling it all these years.

Is he standing on Jeff from Earthbound?

Out here in t he East,Republicans don’t identify themselves as such in t heir ads.What are they afraid of,besides everything?

I like negative ads. More than once they convinced me to vote for the person being maligned.

Boy I wish I had thought of politics as a career, when I was younger. Just tink of it… People donate piles of money, that you spend to get a job, where you do very lIttle, and get overpaid for it. Not to mention benefits( graft, bribes, paid speeches, privileges, oh yeah, great medical, and travel, too)! Don’t forget the book deals! After a couple of terms you can retire on a dream retirement package! Yeah, I should have taken up politics!