Criticisms and Controversies
In 1985, Saturday Review voted Trudeau one of the country's “Most Overrated People in American Arts and Letters,” commenting that “The most publicized return since MacArthur’s has produced a strip that is predictable, mean-spirited, and not as funny as before.”
In August 2001, Trudeau fell for a report by the fictional "Lovenstein Institute" that stated that President George W. Bush had the lowest IQ (91) of any president in the past 50 years, and that former president Bill Clinton's IQ was exactly twice that of Bush. After mentioning it in Doonesbury, Trudeau made a public retraction.
In 2004, Trudeau made a widely-circulated offer of a $10,000 reward (in the form of a gift to the USO in the winner's name) for proof that George W. Bush fulfilled his military duties in the 1970s. (See George W. Bush military service controversy for more complete coverage). No one has collected on the offer.
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