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May 05, 2007
Huggies
Looking inside the mind of a neo-con...
TODAY'S BRIEF MOMENT OF CLARITY
It had to have been an accident. But nevertheless, Stantis perfectly sums up the difference between liberals and conservatives in today's strip.
Winslow offers free hugs. Carmen snidely asks, "What's in it for me?"
There you have it. The liberal wants to offer something nice and caring for free, and the neo-con wants to make a profit while being a complete asshole about it. Great job, Stantis - you've made us proud.
Of course it's not really all that funny. If anything Carmen comes across like a major bitch, which keeps it from being humorous or even a little sweet. Instead it leaves a bad aftertaste in your mouth, like how you might have felt if you sat through the Republican debate the other night.
I would have loved to have been able to see inside Stantis's brain when he came up with this idea. I'm sure originally Carmen was supposed to be holding the "free hugs" sign, so Winslow would have the nasty response. But that wouldn't make any sense, since Carmen is pretty much an ice queen like most conservative chicks (sorry, I shouldn't generalize - but are there any conservative female talking heads that seem like they'd give you a hug? I don't know of any. Heck you'd probably cut yourself trying to wrap your arms around that skeleton known as Ann Coulter with all those jagged bony edges everywhere). Hence the fuzzy Winslow making the sweet offer, and Carmen letting us see that even when something's free she wants to get something else out of it.
What's in it for you, Carmen? I dunno - but what's in it for the rest of us is seeing how selfish and money-grubbing you really are. You really are the proto-typical neo-con tot.
