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May 29, 2007
How Exactly Do You Pronounce The Word "Yoowww?"
Oh joy. Stantis continues to combine Winslow's non-sensical presidential campaign with his obsession over Paris Hilton. A reporter says that Winslow's sole platform of "free Paris" is idiotic, which might be the worst characterization yet in Prickly City. What journalist out there today has the balls to tell a politician that a blatantly stupid platform is idiotic? Do you think the guy working for the AP is going to tell Bush he's an idiot for continuing to link 9/11 to Iraq even though it's ridiculous?
Then Stantis goes to the old faithful: Winslow saying he "won't let the man keep us down." Ugh. We all know where this is going - a bad play on words about how Paris is the man but Winslow thinks she's hot. Um, I don't think the airhead daughter of a billionaire is exactly the man - that's like saying the Bush Daughters are part of the Bush administration. Nope, they're all too busy getting drunk and laughing that they don't actually have to go fight in the war in Iraq because there isn't a draft and they're daddy's little princesses.
At what point will Stantis's editors sit him down and say, "Okay, when are you going to actually offer a conservative viewpoint while making political points in your comic strip? So far this year, much like Fox News, you've avoided the real issues like the war in Iraq, the Republican debates, the battle over immigration, and the U.S. Attorney firing scandal. Instead you've wasted time on things like Paris Hilton and strange philosophical arguments that don't make any sense. At some point are you going to make an effort to create a politically insightful comic strip that's actually funny? Because we're still waiting."
But if they ever did, Stantis would laugh in their faces and say, "If you ever fire me I will scream to the heavens that you're only firing me because I'm a conservative, and I'll get every Republican talking head to bully you into putting me back into the funny pages. So bring it on." And unless the editor is the same journalist in today's strip that has the courage to call someone on being an idiot, they'll buckle and give Stantis whatever he wants. Because he's a Bush Republican, dammit, and there ain't nuthin' you can do about it until January 2009.
Comments
Ah, but in two weeks - after Stantis celebrates Memorial Day - we'll get a "Free Lindsay Lohan" strip to go with the Paris campaign. I can't wait!
Posted by: Annie at May 29, 2007 10:29 AM
