4. September 2008 by admin.

Doing something new, I’m going to provide small blurbs explaining the background of the Paper Bag Ninja comics.  I hope you’ll enjoy seeing how the creative process worked and it’ll remind me to post regularly.

Today we get a two for one:  when I updated the site on Monday, I forgot to actually post the new comic.  I didn’t realize my error until Wednesday, so today I posted the Thursday comic but left the Monday comic posted on the main page as well.

Monday’s comic was my first reaction to the announcement of Sarah Palin as the GOP VP nominee (say that 3 times fast, it’s kind of fun).  After all the fuss about Obama’s lack of experience, the McCain Campaign seemed to ditch that line of attack overnight.  Only to see it resurrected against them by the same party that had been claiming for months that it wasn’t truly important!  Each candidate embodies change indeed.

Thursday’s is typical of conversations between myself and my wife.  She is a much more grounded person than I am, and much more appreciative of people and policies as humanistic entities instead of power blocks to be manipulated.  But sometimes even she can’t help analyzing the situation from a political viewpoint.

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4. September 2008 by admin.

After a 3 month hiatus, I have returned.  Why, you may ask, was I gone so long?

Because quite frankly, things got boring.

The candidates were trading recycled fluff at each other, 4th Edition had come out for D&D and the world hadn’t ended, and inflicting my meandering musings on you, gentle readers, fell down my priority list.  I had planned on returned after the conventions were over, when the presidential race would be heating up and things should be interesting.  But I was pulled out of my stasis pod early.

I watched Sarah Palin speak last night, capping the list of people who came in second to John McCain, and while I thought she did a decent speech, as an undecided Independent voter I don’t feel it is the slam-dunk knock-it-out-of-the-park (I know I’m mixing sports metaphors) the pundits are claiming.   But that’s not what pulled me back to the keyboard.

I spent last night with a vague sense of discomfort watching Romney, Huckabee and Giuliani rant and Palin emote, and only after the tv was off did I figure out why.

During the Democratic convention everyone went to great pains to laud John McCain for his service and sacrifice.  The speakers seemed required to emphasize he was a good man, even if they disagreed with his positions.  I saw little if any reciprocal love from the Republicans, and the poor sportsmanship and return to the politics of division was jarring in its contrast.  The GOP came across as mean tempered bullies sucking sour grapes, and completely lost the opportunity to steal Obama’s mantle of running a different type of campaign, of moving away from politics as usual.  I’m hoping John assumes a more statesman like approach tonight; if all the Republicans show is hard edges, they may enthuse their base but I don’t see them  winning the undecided center.

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