ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2007-12-20

Original: 2007-12-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Advisor (a man with short brown hair, gesturing): IF YOU WANT THE RELIGIOUS VOTE, YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE THE HOLIEST CANDIDATE.
Candidate (a man with a mustache, hand on chin): ALL RIGHT. I THINK I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

Panel 2:
Caption: THAT EVENING...
[A political debate. A bald moderator stands at left behind a podium; two candidates stand at podiums. The mustached candidate speaks.]
Mustached candidate: OH YEAH? WELL, I THINK PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD DISPLAY ELEVEN COMMANDMENTS.

Votey:
[Close-up of the mustached candidate's face, looking smug.]
Mustached candidate: And two Jesuses!

Alt text

A two-panel comic. Panel one: a campaign advisor with brown hair tells a mustached candidate, "If you want the religious vote, you have to convince people that you're the holiest candidate." The candidate strokes his chin and replies, "All right. I think I get what you're saying." Panel two, captioned "That evening...": at a debate with a bald moderator and another candidate at podiums, the mustached candidate declares, "Oh yeah? Well, I think public schools should display ELEVEN commandments" — escalating piety into absurd one-upmanship by inventing an extra commandment. Votey: a close-up of the candidate's smug face as he adds, "And two Jesuses!"

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.