Day: November 1, 2005

I’m working with the CBLDF (no big shock there) and IDW to produce some nifty “Fallen Angel” premiums that will debut at the Wizard World Texas convention.

First up is an exclusive CBLDF preview edition of Fallen Angel #1. This preview runs the entire first issue weeks before it hits the stands and is strictly limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. In addition to the preview comic, IDW has created a special Fallen Angel signature print and a limited edition run of the original script to Fallen Angel #1.

If you’re going to be out there and want to snag yourself a copy, I hope to see you there.

If any copies are left over after the convention, I’ll be sure to let you folks know in case anyone’s interested in mail order.

PAD

I mean, naturally Bush is now going to select an arch conservative for the bench. And I personally don’t believe for a second that he nominated Miers in order to make his subsequent pick more palatable. More palatable to whom? The conservative base? They were going to love him anyway. The liberal base? That wasn’t going to happen no matter what. Miers or no Miers, the Democrats were still going to object.

Not that it will make any difference.

You know what the main problem the Democrats have right now is? No sense of blood lust. If a Democratic president were hemorrhaging support and mired in as many failures as Bush currently is, the GOP would be massing like sharks around a wounded dolphin, and then they would be tearing in from all directions. The Democrats still sound and feel like exactly what they are: The party out of power. The GOP is already making noises about eliminating the judicial filibuster. The Democrats should be right in their face, shouting, “Do it! C’mon, do it, you sum’bìŧçhëš. Get rid of the filibuster, I double dog dare you. Because if you do, then sooner or later–probably sooner–the balance of power will be reversed, we’ll be in charge, and we’re going to make you eat whatever changes you make now to benefit yourselves, you hypocritical, smug, power-hungry jáçkáššëš.”

‘Cause if the situation were reversed, that’s what the GOP would be doing.

Because the GOP fights fire with fire, while the Democrats fight fire with popcorn, and they’d be well-advised to get with the program and make the most of the opportunities that the sanctimonious smugness of Bush and company are handing them before it all slips away again.

PAD