# Michael Flynn's Shining City on the Hill - For Christians Only **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397 "2021-11-15T16:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/501 "2023-07-07T01:39:10Z")
Was that the road trip where Mark helped some farmers organize a protest? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/502 "2023-07-07T01:47:54Z")
I don’t remember for sure. They were on the way to the Republican Convention in Miami Beach and so was I. Don’t recall seeing them there though. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/503 "2023-07-07T02:04:38Z")
I’m assuming that’s Rizzo. I moved to Philly long after he was mayor. My strong impression is that the man was a racist thug, Judge for yourself [Frank Rizzo - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rizzo) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/504 "2023-07-07T04:47:17Z")
I lived in the Philly area during Frank Rizzo’s mayoralty, and your impression is 100% correct, although it fails to take into account his accompanying dishonesty, incompetence, homophobia, and a raft of other unpleasant disqualifications for public service. His frequent malapropisms, immortalized in [The Sayings of Chairman Frank; or, I Never Saw My Mother Naked,](https://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Chairman-Frank-Never-Mother/dp/B0006WSDZQ) did sometimes provide a little comic relief. I am proud to report that I myself observed a Rizzoism in the wild, during televised remarks in which he described himself as being “360 degrees opposed” to some other politician’s position on something. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/505 "2023-07-07T12:47:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Found it! - [Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 07, 1972 - GoComics](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1972/08/07) 👍   ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/506 "2023-07-07T18:07:04Z")
There was a Doonsebury Trump cartoon way before he even became President. As I remember it, Trump hired someone to paint a copy of part of the Sistine chapel, in one of his rooms. The bathroom if I remember correctly. It was to be the central image, of God giving life to Adam. Trump was upset because the painter got the faces wrong, using Trump as Adam, when he’d wanted it the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/507 "2023-07-07T18:11:24Z")
Trump was appearing in Doonesbury _decades_ before his presidency. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/508 "2023-07-07T18:14:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Trump hired someone to paint a copy of part of the Sistine chapel, in one of his rooms. Joan, Jr. was the artist. That was a central part of the collection _[Give Those Nymphs Some Hooters!](https://www.amazon.com/Give-Those-Nymphs-Some-Hooters/dp/0836218582/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IMYE5DCJWWTC&keywords=give+those+nymphs+some+hooters&qid=1688753668&sprefix=give+those+nymphs+some+hooter%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-1)_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/509 "2023-07-07T18:38:19Z")
Thank you for finding that! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/510 "2023-07-07T20:29:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Trump was appearing in Doonesbury _decades_ before his presidency. _Bloom County_, too. As Bill the Cat. Totally in keeping with his dignity. > **[The Best Comic Book Panels](https://www.tumblr.com/thebestcomicbookpanels/172262602393/that-time-bill-the-cat-and-donald-trump-switched)** > > That time Bill the Cat and Donald Trump switched brains in Bloom County by Berke Breathed, 1989 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/511 "2023-07-07T21:05:22Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Buckle in folks. Remember the article said that Trump _promised_ to re-recruit Flynn. That’s practically a guarantee that it will never happen. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397/512 "2023-07-10T09:38:00Z")
With regard to Trump and Doonesbury, I always think of these strips: > **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 26, 1988 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1988/07/26)** > > Donald Trump: And this is my private sun deck! It has bullet-proof glass, a circular pool, and a hydraulically lifted sun bed! Duke: Amazing, Mr. Trump! Donald Trump: Quality means everything, captain! The gold fixtures! The tortoise shell ceiling!... > **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 27, 1988 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1988/07/27)** > > Donald Trump: Look at the quality! Chamois leather walls! Bird's eye maple trim! Hand-carved onyx bathrooms! We're talking quality! A level of quality that's hard to explain! Look here, more quality... Duke: Excuse me, sir. By "quality," you mean it... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-flynns-shining-city-on-the-hill-for-christians-only/954397.md?page=25)