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February 06, 2007
The Real McCarmen
Looks like Carmen isn't the only one who has a problem with wearing two faces.
So which Carmen won?
After last week's Two Carmens storyline I was hoping that Stantis would have defined his whiny little brat so we would have an idea just where the strip is going now that the Democrats are in charge of the Congress. No dice.
Apparently though this Carmen has decided she does NOT like bipartisanship, at least not with the Dems are in charge. Why? They might actually accomplish something.
What do you want from us, Stantis? To go back to the way it was for the last four years when NOTHING got accomplished even though the Republicans had solid majorities in both houses? Hell Bush just offered up his own budget for 2007 since the Republicans decided it wasn't really their job to...you know, do their job and actually create one for the year before leaving office in 2006.
Maybe Carmen's right - let's go back to the way it was. Let's check out all of those awesome accomplishments of the Republican Congress when they had all of the control and "bipartisanship" meant "do what we say, bitch."
Hmm. I'm trying, but I can't come up with one good thing the Republicans accomplished that helped the whole country. If you can, please - fill up that comments section with all of their mighty accomplishments (endless war, a mountain of debt, and outrageous healtcare costs aren't positives, just so you know). They did give plenty of tax cuts to the rich and wealthy and they're really happy, but unless you're a millionaire things have sucked pretty bad in this country under George Bush and his Republican Rangers.
I guess the Carmen that blindly follows W is the one that won out. Forget bipartisanship - the Dems might actually do things that benefit more than just the rich, like funding stem cell research and raising the minimum wage.
If that's the case then, shouldn't she be bitching that the minority party is filibustering not just a vote but an entire debate on the floor of the Senate? Lord knows that if the Dems tried to filibuster a debate on Iraq a year ago they would have been tarred and feathered as traitors. The Republicans do it now though and I'm sure in Stantis's mind their the greatest heroes in American history.
Ultimately there were never two Carmens. It was just Stantis trying to come to grips with the fact that he's a hypocrite. And once again he failed miserably. But I'm sure in his mind he was both hysterical and ground-breaking. You keep thinking that you're good at your job, Stantis. You and W both.
