# How is Doonesbury liberal?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [January 7, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716 "2024-01-07T01:01:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/101 "2024-01-16T23:28:25Z")

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> [@DKW](#):
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> Little Nemo - Honey always struck me as someone born in a very bad spot who always did what it took to not get killed or deported and got enamored with someone who could get away with defying the man. Phred always tries to do what’s best for his country. Neither ever struck me as particularly liberal, just practical.

Don’t you have to be pretty liberal to get a grant from the Phord Phoundation?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/102 "2024-01-17T00:27:56Z")

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You’re a phunny phellow.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/103 "2024-01-17T01:20:13Z")

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For all of his Viet Cong background, Phred turned hard-core Capitalist just as soon as he could.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/104 "2024-01-17T05:42:17Z")

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He seems pretty left wing in this strip.

> **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 02, 1974 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1974/10/02)**
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> Phred: No go, Mom - I got turned down cold on the weapons loan. Apparently, I'm a bad credit risk! I just don't know where to turn. Without financing, I'm not much good as an insurgent. It seems that only the very rich can afford to wage war anymore....

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-doonesbury-liberal/995716/105 "2024-02-05T17:12:32Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> All comic strips, comic books, cartoons, animated movies and television, and whatever have the same problem. It’s just too tempting for them to keep their characters the same age forever.

This problem is hinted at in this week’s FoxTrot.

> **[Timeless](https://foxtrot.com/2024/02/04/timeless/)**
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> FoxTrot by Bill Amend | February 4, 2024

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