Coping

Senators Tillis and Cornyn caved. I suppose it was inevitable. Why should two men who were booted from the U.S. Senate by Trump fail to support the president when he needed them most. Why would they stand firm against yet another horrendous choice for cabinet position? Isn’t that asking a bit much from men who have sold their souls and spines for … well, I’m not sure what. So their retreat from dignity was perhaps inevitable, but it certainly makes for a sad day for America. Todd Blanche as Attorney General is a travesty.

Yet here we are. While we need to resist, Coping is also called for. We do, after all, have to make it through the day.

We at SketchierHQ cope by creating political cartoons. OK, they’re more like collages, but let’s not quibble. The character in Sketchier named Eric (of course the characters have names) cites Beatle lyrics. We do what we have to do.

So please feel free to take a break from the insanity and see how many Beatle song references you can spot in the strip. Then scroll past the Share button to see the list.

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References:

Panel 1:
1. Day in the Life (how many holes …”)

Panel 2:
2. Fool on a Hill (“two fools on Capitol Hill”)

Panel 3:
3. Nowhere Man (“blind as they can be”)
4. Glass Onion (“where nothing is real”)

Panel 4:
5. Let It Be (“find myself in times of trouble”)
6. Carry That Weight (“carry that weight”)
7. Within and Without you (“within and without me”)
8. Let It Be (“let it be)”
9. Something (“Something”)

Total: Nine references made to eight songs (Let It Be is referenced twice)
This doesn’t include the allusion to Hey Jude in the subtitle, the With a Little Help From My Friends reference associated with the subscribe button, and the Here, There, and Everywhere nod accompanying the share button.