His flip-flops in 1988 on abortion and other issues so important to Deep Blue State voters was so legendary that Dick Gephardt became a running joke in Berkeley Breathed's "Bloom County" comic strip. After being abducted by aliens, 30-something permanent frat boy and womanizer Steve Dallas underwent a process of "Gephardtization"ː On board their spaceship, the aliens had originally planned to transplant Elvis Presley's brain into Steve's head. However, after Steve threatened the aliens with a lawsuit, they decided to perform the "Gephardtization" process on him instead, which was the same procedure used previously on Dick Gephardt to completely reverse opinions and attitudes. After being presumed dead by the residents of Bloom County, Steve was zapped back to earth a few days later. To the whole county's amazement, he was now a sensitive, caring liberal and feminist. He also stopped wearing his trademark sunglasses, quit smoking, and got a perm.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "His flip-flops in 1988 on abortion and other issues so important to Deep Blue State voters was so legendary that Dick Gephardt became a running joke in Berkeley Breathed's "Bloom County" comic strip. After being abducted by aliens, 30-something permanent frat boy and womanizer Steve Dallas underwent a process of "Gephardtization"ː On board their spaceship, the aliens had originally planned to transplant Elvis Presley's brain into Steve's head. However, after Steve threatened the aliens with a lawsuit, they decided to perform the "Gephardtization" process on him instead, which was the same procedure used previously on Dick Gephardt to completely reverse opinions and attitudes. After being presumed dead by the residents of Bloom County, Steve was zapped back to earth a few days later. To the whole county's amazement, he was now a sensitive, caring liberal and feminist. He also stopped wearing his trademark sunglasses, quit smoking, and got a perm." in the context of "Stephen Greene, quoting a Berkeley Breathed comic strip, in an article quite critical on Dick Gephardt entitled ̊̊"Democrats Can Kiss Ohio Goodbye̊", as published in PJ Media's April 22,2019 edition." to mean that wisdom is timeless.