The Kitchen Table Cycle
June 8th, 2026 Barry Posted in Cycle cartoons, Elections | No Comments »
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has three panels, arranged in a circle, with arrows pointing clockwise leading from one panel to the next. In the center of the circle is a large caption, saying “The Kitchen Table Cycle.”
UPPER LEFT PANEL
This panel shows a smartphone. On the smartphone screen, an angry man wearing a suit and tie is talking.
MAN: The only thing the Democratic candidate ever talks about is trans issues! Trans trans trans!
An arrow leads from this to the
LOWER RIGHT PANEL
Three Democrats sit in a treehouse; a sign on the treehouse says “Democrat Strategy Meeting (No progressives allowed). One of them is speaking.
SPEAKER: The pundits say we lost by talking too much about “identity politics.” Next time, our candidate has to be a centrist who only talks about kitchen table issues!
An arrow leads from this to the
LOWER LEFT PANEL
A politician stands behind a podium giving a speech.
CANDIDATE: As your Democratic candidate, let me just say: Kitchen table! Kitchen Table! Kitchen Table!
An arrow leads from this back to the upper left panel with the cellphone.
CHICKEN FAT WATCH
“Chicken fat” is old-fashioned cartoonist speak for little extras in the cartoon.
UPPER LEFT PANEL: The Fox News logo says “Cur Fews. Go to bed.” The chyron says “Democrats hate all puppies” and the second chyron says “New science proves: everything is still Biden’s fault.” Below the Fox News screen, there are six thumbnails leading to suggested videos. The thumbnail captions read: Owned! Crushed! Cooked! Demolished! Murderized! And then, in smaller letters, “I attempted to refute their position with persuasive arguments.”
LOWER RIGHT PANEL: The treehouse is modeled after the treehouse in my favorite comic strip of all time, “Calvin and Hobbes.” There’s a hole in the tree trunk; in the hole is a giant rat wearing a top hat and bow tie.
LOWER LEFT PANEL: The seal on the front of the podium has a picture of Sam the Eagle from the Muppets (it’s a little hard to make out because of the foreshortening, alas). The paper lying on the podium says “Tiny print no one reads.”
