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No. 1716: Presidential Campaign

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Presidential Campaign

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Strip by: Cody

Garfield: {standing behind a podium} Attention! Attention!
Jon: {standing behind a podium} Ahem.
Garfield: If elected, I promise to help out the state of our nation.
Jon: If -if - if elected, I - I - I promise to - to do, er, um, uh...
Garfield: I will give jobs to the jobless. Everyone will go home with a paycheck in hand.
SFX: CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
Jon: I'll pr - probably do something to h - help the ec - economy.
Garfield: I vow to keep every last promise I make to you.
Jon: I will m - m - most likely make a c - complete fool of myself.
Garfield: I will treat each of my fellow citizens with the topmost respect they each deserve.
SFX: CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
Jon: And, uh, gee, I hope you vote for me.
Garfield: You all can rest upon this promise I give unto you all. You're all a great people. Now, go home, get some rest, and remember to vote.
SFX: HAW HA HA HAR HAW HA HA
Jon: {revealed to be in his underpants} Also I forgot to wear pants.
Garfield: Thank you.

The author writes:

I think it's pretty obvious who will win this campaign.

EDIT: The results are in! It's the Allosaurus by a landslide!

[[Original strips: 1993-01-17, 1991-12-01.]]

Original strips: 1991-12-01, 1993-01-17.