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February 11, 2008
Pile Full of Shit
We give Scott Stantis a hard time about his perceived lack of humor. But I've got to hand it to him today. This is the funniest he's been in a long time. His over-the-top parody of those froth-faced, spittle-flecked Clinton haters from the 90's is dead-on. It sure is fun to look back at those imbecilic rightwing blowhards who beat on Bill Clinton for eights years out of spite and jealousy.
Yes, ha ha ha. Good times those.
But at least we've moved beyond that, right? At least those days are long gone and the froth-faced, spittle flecked imbecilic righwing blowhards have moved on to other targets, right? Like the corruption, spending run amok, and incompetence of the current administration, right? Am I right, people? Am I right?
Anyway, I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again: If our country elects Barack Obama as our next president we will cease publication of Shrubville. It just won't be relevant anymore. Scott Stantis won't be relevant anymore. We will all have moved beyond this. And Stantis can just retire and flit away like a fly to some decomposing turdblossoms in the backwoods of Alabama and live in an endless cycle of regurgitating and consuming the shitpile on which he sits.
Comments
Oh great - tomorrow I get to deal with the corpse of Vince Foster floating inside Bill's gut.
Posted by: The Furnace at February 11, 2008 10:20 AM
I'm not sure if I would continue Tumbleweedtown if Obama gets elected -- even if he's not relevant, Stantis will still be around, plaguing the comics. However, I will say this: If Hillary Clinton gets elected, I will continue to publish Tumbleweedtown, and no, I will probably not be defending her as Stantis has been defending Bush over the past four years.
As for today's strip, just like on Saturday I get the weird feeling that we're reading leftover material from the late '90s. Attacks on Bill Clinton's morals? A Monica Lewinsky reference? Please, Stantis...he's not running for president, his wife is. And even if you are going to continue to rant about Bill's interference in his wife's campaign, why bring up his presidency? It's irrelevant, just like you will be if Obama gets elected.
Posted by: Chris at February 11, 2008 02:39 PM
Also, note today's La Cucaracha: http://www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha/2008/02/11/
For context, La Cucaracha occasionally does a Boondocks parody/homage strip-within-a-strip, although the second panel works quite well out of context. Especially since the LA Times publishes these strips in close proximity.
Posted by: Antenora at February 11, 2008 06:43 PM
