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April 12, 2008
Behind The Scenes
Somewhere in the heart of the Prickly City production offices...
CARMEN: Hey Scott, what have you got for me today?
STANTIS: Oh - hey Carmen. Well, we're wrapping up Winslow's storyline with the fibbing and the crazy pastor today.
CARMEN: You mean where you're going after Hillary for the Bosnia story and Obama because of the Jeremiah Wright controversy?
STANTIS: Exactly. So unfortunately we don't have anything for you.
CARMEN: I suppose it could be worse.
STANTIS: How so?
CARMEN: You could have just as easily gone after John McCain, which would mean I'd have to take the brunt of some of the jokes.
STANTIS: Yeah well I might not like the guy, but he is a Republican.
CARMEN: True. And the media loves him, so he'll be easy to elect. I mean check out how they've given him a free pass on everything the last few weeks. He flip flopped on the mortgage crisis three times. He didn't oppose torture even though he's actually BEEN tortured and knows it doesn't work. And he's "mis-spoken" about al Qaeda having ties to Iran several times now - and he gets a free pass every time!
STANTIS: But none of those things are as bad as Hillary or Obama. I mean come on - she fibbed about that Bosnia story - what else is she going to mis-remember? And Jeremiah Wright - what's next, is he going to blame America for 9/11 too?
CARMEN: Yeah, can you imagine if Jerry Falwell blamed Americans for what happened on 9/11?
(sound of crickets chirping, since that's exactly what Falwell did)
STANTIS: Anyways, we'll wrap up the attacks on Hillary and Obama today but I promise tomorrow we'll do something completely unrelated to politics.
CARMEN: Winslow talking to the sky again?
STANTIS: Yeah probably. But you'll be there too.
CARMEN: Standing in the desert?
STANTIS: As always.
CARMEN: Cool. But since I'm here can I at least do a pop-in? Maybe roll my eyes at Winslow in the last panel?
STANTIS: Ehhh, sure I guess. I'm just drawing the top of Winslow's head again this week so I don't really have that much to do.
CARMEN: Gotta love the podium - I can't believe they pay you for this!
STANTIS: Me neither!
