Politicians have affairs. Also, water is wet.

Must honor … my personal moratorium … on that former governor … of California … who now has admitted to his philandering. Only wonder … what will become … of … his "Governator" cartoon extravaganza. Knowing the way the world works … probably become … a mega-hit.

Luckily politicians and affairs go hand in hand, as it were, to the point that infidelity could become a major new political party. I was just reviewing a rogue's gallery — and what a long gallery it was, as if they all figured fooling around is a perq of office — of politicians who had affairs and denied them, even railed for political gain against the tearing of our social fabric by heathens and scoundrels and sodomites (the ones you have to watch out for, of course, are the ones who rail the loudest and longest; they're the ones likely participating in the things they denounce). Among the rogues, Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado, the 1980s version of John Edwards, so chock full of hope and charisma, how could he not become president and lead our country to the promised land? But rumors of an extramarital affair spread, and Hart, that clever tactician, challenged the news media to tail him, which they did, to find him in no time with Donna Rice, including on the yacht Monkey Business:


Donna mastered the art of turning a scarlet letter into fortune and fame, representing something called No Excuses Jeans.

Occasionally I piled on against other philanderers in cartoon form, but I'll save those when the need arises.

Two technical notes: Here is another unpublished square cartoon (right); for whom I can't remember. Also, I signed the top cartoon "Esti," which I did for a short while (the phonetic spelling of my initials). Coincidentally, my son has named a side business after the phonetic form of his initials. I know, riveting stuff.