The concept itself doesn't surprise me as a modern art installation. This sort of voyeuristic, self-referential, body-fluid-heavy "art" has been around for some time.

What doesn't fly with me is the execution. As others have noted she claims she artificially inseminated herself several times? With multiple donors? Was this done via hand-job and manual application in her apartment, or did the guys freeze the samples themselves and deliver to her? Can a mini-fridge freezer even freeze the stuff properly to ensure its efficacy. And the prescription issue is the most unlikely!

Something doesn't smell right, and it's not just the installation!

I thought the level of discourse aimed at by the moderators was perfect for Sen. Clinton; she gets to play a game she knows all the rules to.

Sen. Obama refused to play. He openly, repeatedly, eloquently (mostly) addressed all the gotcha questions directly, and briefly and then called the questioners on playing a tired game that doesn't serve the nation. He even went to bat for Hillary at one point!

Of course there were no fireworks. He defused every bomb thrown at him as he has for months. He'll have no problem with the wingnuts!

The desire to punch one’s face upon hearing their voice is, in and of itself, simply not a sexist remark. While I sometimes experience this exact feeling when hearing Sen. Clinton’s voice, I always get this feeling when I hear George W. Bush’s voice; I increasingly have it when I hear John McCain’s; and I am even having it occasionally these days when I hear Bill Clinton’s voice (a shocking response I would never have imagined 8 years ago).

That that comment was interpreted by someone as sexist says more than anything else about the ridiculousness of this whole argument.

Mr. Breathed,

Bravo, sir. Bravo.

I forced everyone I know (or perhaps more accurately, suggested that it would be best for) everyone to read last week's strip. I could not believe how far you went; I could not believe that so few understood why you went there, and moreover why you had to.

Last week was brilliant.

This week is transcendent!

All the greens and oranges and ambers out there don't sweat it. A new wave is upon us, and as the Founders rejected the crown, so we shall reject the oligarchy, and retake the ways and the means for the betterment of all mankind.

Melodramatic? Fuck yes. We deserve nothing less!

Rowe,

That was really, really funny! Thank you for that!

Walter,

I have really been enjoying your coverage of the Democratic race. But, rather than commend you for journalistic integrity allow me to commend you for your post-modern/second-tier, journalistic integrity:

Your choice of "(warning: cliché alert)" was funny and admirable. The word cliché itself has become a cliché; to the point where it's nearly a signal to 'tune out momentarily! By drawing attention to this you force the reader to focus more broadly, and reinforce the pre-cliche meaning of the word. That is a beautiful technique!

Bravo.

It is shocking to me to see how incapable the Hillary supporters in this thread are of making light of their candidate (and by extension, themselves). This seems to me right in line with how Sen. Clinton seems to view herself (based on her many years in the public sphere). She takes herself far too seriously. Her supporters, in many cases, take her AND themselves far too seriously.

The ability to laugh at oneself, or at the shortcomings of one's chosen focus of admiration, is critical for good leadership as well as healthy "followship". Each day that passes sees Clinton's zealots digging deeper and deeper trenches, and her thoughtful supporters abandoning her in favor of a candidate who offers not just thoughtful arguments for similar policies but also a commanding integrity that far outshines the desperate attacks of his Democratic rival.

And, btw Clinton's attacks are in reality quite shocking viewed within the context of two Democrats going after the same (stated) goals. Be honest with yourself: you never imagined a year ago that the Clinton campaign would be slinking in the mud to the degree that it has/is. 'OPUS' is a comic strip: to satirize the actual behavior one must take the satirical behavior beyond the actual. Lighten up.