{"id":552,"date":"2019-10-27T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=552"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:13:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:13:40","slug":"aint-that-tough-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"Ain&#8217;t That Tough Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"1500\" data-attachment-id=\"558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=558\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?fit=1001%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1001,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"tuffenuff2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?fit=660%2C990&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?fit=660%2C990&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?w=1001&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/tuffenuff2.png?resize=350%2C524&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> \u201cYou\u2019ve got to ask yourself one question. Do you think the FAKE NEWS has treated your favorite President (me) fairly? Well, do ya, punk?\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who could ever forget that classic scene at the end of <em>The Wild Bunch<\/em> in which Ernest Borgnine is tossing printouts of his Electoral College victory map to the federales?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t claim to be any sort of tough guy, so I&#8217;m not afraid to admit that I need help or too proud to ask for it. I don&#8217;t have a job at the moment, and this site certainly isn&#8217;t helping to pay the bills, but you can help change that! Like this comic &#8211; I admit, that seems unlikely &#8211; then please, share a link to it on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- OpenDoorComics -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9581540985996689\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4540459023\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who could ever forget that classic scene at the end of The Wild Bunch in which Ernest Borgnine is tossing printouts of his Electoral College victory map to the federales? I don&#8217;t claim to be any sort of tough guy, so I&#8217;m not afraid to admit that I need help or too proud to ask &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=552\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ain&#8217;t That Tough Enough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Don Savage: Man of Gold","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-alleged-humor","category-politics","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jh90-8U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":577,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=577","url_meta":{"origin":552,"position":0},"title":"Oh, Say Can You See&#8230;Like, AT ALL?","author":"Jon Maki","date":"November 23, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"\"Many people are saying I have 20\/20 vision. 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