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CSotD: As seen on Barry Goldwater’s refrigerator

Published: December 4, 2010 1 minute 4 comments

Prickly
There are certain strips that I have to restrain myself from putting up here too often. They're so consistently inventive that they could be here once a week if I didn't exercise some control and realize that, if you haven't begun following them, you're probably not going to.

But, while I've already mentioned Prickly City's move from the desert to Washington, DC, and praised it as a conservative strip that isn't in lock-step with Fox News and talk radio, I think it's worth pointing it out one more time because (A) it's such an anomaly and (B) it's been such an uptick in quality for the strip itself, and Scott Stantis seems to be maintaining that improved tone.

Today's strip makes me wonder, don't other conservatives have this sinking feeling in their gut? Are they really so unwilling to break ranks and admit it? Or at least shake their heads and laugh with a bit of foreboding?

What has happened to conservativism in this country?

Barry Goldwater had a great sense of humor, and, however antediluvian some of his political positions seemed, it was hard to him to make actual enemies because he came across as genuine. Like Shirley Chisholm (and there's a telling comparison!) he was "unbought and unbossed." Goldwater would have cut this strip out and put it on his fridge.

I miss the concept of loyal opposition. But I find myself laughing at Prickly City fairly often these days.

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Comments 4

  1. I am still not sure that PC is conservative. It has taken shots at both sides.

  2. It’s conservative rather than liberal. What it isn’t is doctrinaire, and that’s what makes it stand out. Stantis actually thinks before he draws.

  3. [Mike, your link to Prickly City is stale. It’s now at http://comics.com/prickly_city .]
    *Sometimes* he thinks before he draws. The list of “greats” from http://comics.com/prickly_city/2010-12-02/ – balanced, to be sure, between Republicans and Democrats – covers an odd mix of sexual and financial scandal. Spiro Agnew was never in Congress, although I suppose that his years as VP might qualify him as a Washington “pol.” And although Nancy Pelosi as the Antichrist is a solid Republican talking point – really, does anyone else see a reason she should be on that list?

  4. Agreed — Nancy Pelosi was definitely out of place, since I’ve never heard any coherent explanation of why she drives the right wing wild. Tip O’Neil might have been a better choice. As for Agnew, he was definitely part of the Beltway, but I hesitate to elaborate because I hate conspiracy theories but have always suspected that there came a point at which his being next in line made discussion of Nixon more complicated than anyone of either party wanted it to be.

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