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October 15, 2006

Swackdown

TODAY'S STRIP

Ugh. I'm sure somebody out there thinks today's PC is funny, but I don't know why. Winslow imagines transforming into Calvin - I'm sorry, a fly - and is immediately "swacked" (I always thought that "thwack" was the preferred sound effect, but whatever). But hey - that would be pretty cool, right? Right? Maybe he should have turned into a crickett, because all I'm hearing is chirping instead of laughter.

Can we finally call a moratorium on Winslow flying strips? Please?

I'd don the Future Goggles, but Stantis has been all over the place the last month that it's hard to tell what the heck he's going to talk about next. On top of that, he's not even picking topical issues when he does something political. One day on Big Dog Clinton making Chris Wallace his bitch? He spent that much time on Katie Couric getting air-brushed.

I'd live-blog the PC podcast, but he hasn't updated it since September. Geez guys, it's as if nobody ever listens to those things and you finally figured it out. I actually did listen to this one (a moment of boredom combined with hysteria will do that to you) and it was a whole bunch of nothing. Stantis talked about seeing the governor of Alabama or something and talked about him running for President. He then whined AGAIN about how we have big bad scary technology that supposedly makes us less connected - dude, get over it already. Then the whole Republicrats storyline came up, and a "fan" pointed out they've always been called "RINOs" (Republicans In Name Only) and Stantis said he wanted to come up with his own original term. Yeah, NOBODY has ever thought of combining "Republicans" with "Democrats" and coming up with "Republicrats." There was no substance to anything Stantis or Toby said, so maybe that's why he stopped doing the podcast - what's the point of spending five minutes talking about nothing? At least explain what the heck makes for a Republicrat other than your lame drunken spending and big government complaints that have been a staple of the Republican party since Reagan.

The big question is if Stantis has the balls to tackle the Mark Foley scandal this week. Odds are he'll follow the Republican talking point that despite Foley being a Republican, and the Republican leadership knowing about his being a sexual predator for years and doing nothing about it, and that the Republican leadership never told the Democrats, that it's somehow all the Democrats' fault.

Maybe Stantis will go after Bush's gutting of the Constitution and giving himself the power to torture and arrest anybody he likes and keep them in prison forever. It could be funny though if we here at Shrubville wrote it:

MONDAY

Panel 1: Carmen stands talking to Winslow about Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic tirade. Carmen: "Hey Winslow, did you hear about Mel Gibson's drunk driving arrest?" Winslow: "No. I was too busy googling 9/11 conspiracies."

Panel 2: Two large men (well, fat men) show up carrying a burlap sack. Fat Man #1: "Which one of you is a liberal?"

Panel 3: Carmen and Winslow point to each other, since Stantis has them flip flop whenever it suits him politically. Carmen: "He ran his own liberal radio show!" Winslow: "She called Republicans stupid!"

Panel 4: Winslow has been stuffed into the sack. Fat Man #1: "Better grab Macaca too - can't take any chances." Carmen: "But I voted for Bush! Twice!" Fat Man #2: "Tell that to the Republicrats in G'itmo."

Yeah, I know it needs work. But at least it's not Winslow saying it would be cool to be a fly for a few minutes.

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Posted by: Jeff at October 23, 2006 02:06 AM

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