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February 05, 2008
What Is That Thing Standing Next To Winslow In The Third Panel?
Credit where it's due: Stantis gets in a nice dig at Guiliani with the "Dakota strategy" reference.
But he doesn't get any credit for the rest of the strip. Part of the blame goes on having to write this a few weeks ago. While it might have looked like Super Tuesday would decide everything back then, it's pretty clear that while the Republicans could finally decide on John McCain (like the media wants) there's little chance we'll know if Hillary or Obama will be leading the Democrats in November.
My real gripe with today's strip is that once again not having a third character ruins the strip. Carmen again acts like an outsider, as if she has nothing to do with this election. So when Winslow gets in the nice joke about the Dakota strategy, why in the world would his campaign MANAGER Carmen think that was a good idea and go along with it? Why is she happy that it all comes down to Super Tuesday, knowing that her candidate is getting trounced (even though just a few days ago Hillary felt it necessary to attack Winslow)? It's just sloppy writing, which goes right along with that third panel, which is some of Stantis' sloppiest drawing yet. Poor Carmen looks like she was drawn but a third grader there.
Here's to hoping Obama wins, if only to end the deep hurting that comes with having to read Prickly City every day.
Comments
I suppose metaphorically there are only "over 200 delegates up for grabs," -- especially on the Democratic side where we'll probably only see a difference of between 75-200 delegates awarded tonight -- but in reality there are 1,681 delegates up for grabs on the Democratic side and 1,023 on the GOP side.
Sloppy, Stantis.
Posted by: CJo at February 5, 2008 09:51 AM
Given his fascination with young girls, celebrities, and thongs, it's highly possible that his Dakota strategy involves Dakota Fanning.
Posted by: Sacki at February 5, 2008 12:25 PM
CJo, good catch on the delegate thing. I also have a catch to make, but this one is far more obvious and Stantis should not have missed it. You see, even though South Dakotans vote last of everyone in June, North Dakotans vote today! Thus today's strip makes no sense. What an idiot Stantis is.
Posted by: Chris at February 5, 2008 02:52 PM
Wow! I did not know Stantis could do that bad of a job drawing his own character.
Sacki, that was funny.
Posted by: John at February 5, 2008 04:37 PM
I apologize - I just didn't feel like doing any research this morning. Leave it to Stantis to butcher a dig on Guiliani like that.
How about that Mike Huckabee? I think it's hysterical that the media was determined to make it McCain/Romney so McCain would slaughter him, but here comes the Huckster winning some surprise states. Edwards might be kicking himself for getting out when he did. What are Rush and Hannity going to do since they hate McCain so much - keep plugging Romney, or act like Huckabee is the choice again like they did before Iowa?
Posted by: The Furnace at February 5, 2008 09:50 PM
