2013-09-24
Original: 2013-09-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Reporter (a man at a podium): JUST ONCE I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS.
Panel 2:
Reporter (off-panel): SENATOR, SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU'VE TAKEN ALL SIDES ON THIS ISSUE.
Panel 3:
Senator (a woman in a dark suit): PRECISELY.
Panel 4:
Senator: I NOW HAVE THE ISSUE SURROUNDED.
Votey:
A wide-eyed woman with long hair, in close-up.
Woman (speech bubble): NOW I WILL REDUCE IT TO OBLIVION.
Reporter (a man at a podium): JUST ONCE I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS.
Panel 2:
Reporter (off-panel): SENATOR, SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU'VE TAKEN ALL SIDES ON THIS ISSUE.
Panel 3:
Senator (a woman in a dark suit): PRECISELY.
Panel 4:
Senator: I NOW HAVE THE ISSUE SURROUNDED.
Votey:
A wide-eyed woman with long hair, in close-up.
Woman (speech bubble): NOW I WILL REDUCE IT TO OBLIVION.
Alt text
A four-panel comic about political doublespeak. Panel 1: a male reporter at a podium, with the caption "Just once I'd like to see this." Panel 2: the reporter asks, "Senator, some people say you've taken all sides on this issue." Panel 3: a woman senator in a dark suit replies flatly, "Precisely." Panel 4: she adds, smug, "I now have the issue surrounded" — reframing flip-flopping as a deliberate military encirclement. Votey: an extreme close-up of a wild, wide-eyed woman with long hair grinning maniacally and declaring, "Now I will reduce it to oblivion," escalating the conquest metaphor.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.