2006-05-23

Main comic: A single panel shows a gray-haired President in a dark suit seated at a desk, speaking with an aide whose back is to the viewer. The aide says, "Mr. President, I'm sorry to interrupt, but the aliens have struck again. Oregon is... gone." The President quips, "Well I guess I won't count on their votes! Ahahahaha! Bam!" The aide replies flatly, "Sir, 4 million people are dead." The President insists, "Uh, yeah, that was the joke." A caption beneath the panel reads, "At this point, I decided to cut the live feed." The joke: the President makes a callous pun about a mass-casualty disaster and doubles down when called out. Votey (aftercomic): A loosely sketched grinning man says, "I guess they're Oregone" -- a pun on "Oregon" and "are gone."