# One of the better takes....

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**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-better-takes/463888 "2008-09-16T20:11:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-better-takes/463888/1 "2008-09-16T20:11:42Z")

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…on the current political fooraws that I’ve seen.  
[http://www.sinfest.net/archive\_page.php?comicID=2931](http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2931)

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-better-takes/463888/2 "2008-09-16T20:47:08Z")

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I’ve been reading Sinfest for quite a while now, and I don’t remember the strip ever commenting on current events before, or at least not as blatantly as it has in the past week or so.

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**Author:** ![ShotgunZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@ShotgunZen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShotgunZen)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-better-takes/463888/3 "2008-09-16T21:36:47Z")

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You’re right that is hilarious. One of the few times I’ve laughed out loud at a comic recently. I’ve also been reading for years and I don’t recall the last election being mentioned this directly.