Those rascally, backbench Tea Party/Freedom Caucus ideologues finally got the leader they've been waiting for and his name is Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.

Bertha starts backing up, and Junior flashes a rascally grin from the door.

Her depictions of their habits and foibles are laced with considerable wit — and subjective assessments: “rascally” California scrub jays, “voracious” Townsend’s warblers, “solitary nonconformist” hermit thrushes, murderous crows, fiercely competitive hummingbirds.

The classic cartoon stars the beloved mascot as the whistling, rascally pilot of a steamboat floating down a river.

Then we’d share a good laugh over what a rascally sense of humor I had and would bond over the experience.