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August 18, 2007
Yeah, Like The Republicans Have Had a Decent Candidate In 20 Years
The best the Republicans have to offer.
Oh hey, look - Scott Stantis decided to take a break from his gripping "Winston for President" series to offer political commentary. I'd almost forgotten that the whole reason Stantis even has a strip is because he's supposed to offer political insights. Instead we've been treated to "corn is dumb" and "Winslow is dumber."
Stantis finally jumps on the "nobody likes the Republican candidates" bandwagon, and in fine Prickly City fashion he wastes most of the strip on nothing but the sky and the desert (which require zero artistic ability, which is why Stantis loves these strips so much). I think that's supposed to be a tumbleweed rolling through the strip. Or Kevin the Apocalypse Bunny - hard to tell.
I wonder if Stantis will go anywhere with this, and prove he's not really a Bush Republican like he keeps claiming. There's a ton of material here to work with. Giuliani and his claims that he spent more time than the 9/11 workers at Ground Zero so he's "one of them," Romney strapping the family dog to the roof of the station wagon for family trips while telling us the reason his sons aren't serving in the military is because they're serving the country by helping him get elected, Fred Thompson's infamous red pickup truck - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Instead Stantis will probably whine about Ron Paul and how he wants to get out of Iraq. It's really depressing when folks on the left cheer for this guy - yeah, he wants to bring our troops home, but do you have any idea where he stands on the other issues? Trust me, while his views on Iraq are admirable, he won't be all that different from Tancredo or Brownback when it comes to everything else (what, you didn't know he wants to abolish public schools?).
Then again this is Prickly City, so after wasting tomorrow on an unrelated topic (how long has it been since he referenced Britney or Lindsay? been a while) he'll go right back to "Winslow is or isn't in Iowa and is still an idiot." Which is really depressing, since I don't think Stantis has picked up on the fact that it's no longer a case of critics of the strip reading because they're outraged - people are completely apathetic about the strip now. You can always tell when Stantis has said something stupid and offensive - people would come to Shrubville to vent. Nowadays Shrubville is just like today's strip - no activity whatsoever. I don't think that's a poor reflection on us - people could just care less about Prickly City.
And if that means the end of PC, we hear at the Ville of the Shrub would be more than happy to close our doors too. Especially Sacki, since I don't think he's read the strip in months.
