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February 10, 2007
With A Pocket Full of Shells
Hey I found the perfect running mate for Winslow - although he's probably a member of the Republic Party.
Today's strip is probably as good as it's ever going to get in Prickly City. Carmen notes how only millionaires can run for the Presidency (of course she doesn't put it that way, but that's what it means), asks Winslow how much he's raised in the few days he's been campaigning, and he makes a "joke" about having five bucks but then he got hungry. Dude, dollar menu at Wendy's - you'd still have a few bucks left.
Is it funny? Eh. I mean it's not terrible or offensive or anything like Stantis usually is. It's just completely "been there, done that" - the most obvious joke possible considering the set up. But I guess that's more than Stantis usually gives us.
So where does Stantis stand on the issue of campaign financing? Is he saying that it's ridiculous that a person has to be a millionaire with rich friends to run for the highest office in the land? Or is he saying it's a good thing you have to be incredibly wealthy so poor bastards like Winslow are kept out of the political debate since every Republican knows that poor people are stupid? We'll probably never know since tomorrow is Sunday and Winslow hasn't tried flying lately. I expect him to try and use a glider with a "Vote for Winslow '08 - Now With a Dumber Slogan Than Before" banner flying behind it - before he crashes and Carmen makes a smart ass remark.
What's amazing is that at a time when the rest of the media is too busy being distracted with psycho astronauts and the death of Ana Nicole Smith Stantis is actually talking about politics. Of course that'll change in a few weeks when Stantis talks about those two topics ad naseum, but it's a nice change of pace to have Prickly City be about politics instead of what Stantis is fascinated by in popular culture like the rest of the sheep in the country.
The big question: will Carmen announce HER candidacy next week? Maybe unlike Winslow she'll have an awesome platform like the rest of the Republic party. More tax cuts for the rich! Endless war in the Middle East! No gay marriage! Yup, sounds like a winner to me.
