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A comic strip of a conservative/libertarian bent by Scott Stantis set in the eponymous Southwestern town. The main characters(frequently the only characters who appear for weeks at a time) are Carmen, a young Hispanic girl, representing the conservative point of view and Winslow, a coyote pup representing the liberal view.

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A Friend in Need: Winslow and Carmen
Anxiety Dreams: After supporting Kevin's election
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Bad Dreams: After supporting Kevin's election
Big Red Button: Which disappoints Winslow: no boom.
Blah Blah Blah
Blatant Lies: Covering up Kevin's disappearance.
Breakout Character: Kevin.
Briar Patching: When Kevin angles for the VP nomination.
Card-Carrying Villain: Kevin, Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: A large chunk of the cast disappeared in the first couple years.
- Kevin the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse reappeared after a long absence (with a different design) and has become a regular again since the 2010 election.
Cloudcuckoolander: Winslow, sometimes.
Dirty Business: The Blatant Lies, according to Carmen.
Fire and Brimstone Hell: Where you can find a sincere supporter of Kevin
Follow the Leader: After La Cucaracha and of course Calvin and Hobbes (with switched personalities).
- And Winslow's life-long dream of flying. If that's not blatantly copying Opus, I don't know what it is.
Humans Are Bastards: Opie the alien calls off his invasion of Earth because he doesn't want to catch the self-destructive thing we have.
Its the Journey That Counts: Winslow offers this as an Aesop
It Was a Dark And Stormy Night
Lions and Tigers And Humans Oh My
Loophole Abuse
Missing White Woman Syndrome: Kevin's disappearance manages to attract attention despite not being blond.
Moses in The Bulrushes: Winslow claims this is how his story starts, with a basket in the rushes...
Multiple Choice Past: ...until he starts making contrary claims.
My God, What Have I Done?: Why, you've gotten the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse elected to the Senate, what else?
The Nose Knows: Winslow claims it as a superpower
Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
Only Sane Man: Carmen... usually.
Only Smart People May Pass
Paper-Thin Disguise
Pretty Butterflies: Carmen and Winslow admire one one lazy day.
Raised By Wolves: Reversed. Winslow is so humanized that an attempt to live with wild coyotes failed miserably.
Ripped from the Headlines: As with most political comics. For example, in one story Winslow refused to let Carmen buy football cards just because she's a conservative; meanwhile, she pointed out that the football players are far worse ("drug abuser... deadbeat dad... adulterer...!"). This was based on the controversy over Rush Limbaugh wanting to buy a football team.
Running Gag: Winslow trying to fly, for one.
Schmuck Bait: Unsatisfactory for Winslow, since it does nothing.

If you break the rules you deserve a boom.

Screwy Squirrel: Winslow sometimes
Shout Out: "Speaking is Action! Spending is Saving! Debt is Stimulus!"
- "Real Reality is for Suckers!"
- Winslow's Multiple Choice Past includes references to Spider Man and The Godfather.
Strawman Political
Talk About the Weather
Talking Animal: Winslow the coyote and other desert-dwellers.
Torches and Pitchforks
Vitriolic Best Buds
Vote Early Vote Often: Rejected. The dead voted only once for Kevin.
Wall of Blather
Your Head Asplode

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 * [[Breakout Character]]: Kevin.
 * [[Briar Patching]]: When Kevin angles for the VP nomination.
-* [[Card Carrying Villain]]: Kevin, Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse
+* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Kevin, Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse
 * [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: A large chunk of the cast disappeared in the first couple years.
 ** Kevin the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse reappeared after a long absence (with a different design) and has become a regular again since the 2010 election.
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 * [[Loophole Abuse]]
 * [[Missing White Woman Syndrome]]: Kevin's disappearance manages to attract attention despite not being blond.
-* [[Moses in The Bullrushes]]: Winslow claims this is how his story starts, with a basket in the rushes...
+* [[Moses in The Bulrushes]]: Winslow claims this is how his story starts, with a basket in the rushes...
 * [[Multiple Choice Past]]: ...until he starts making contrary claims.
-* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Why, you've gotten the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse elected to the Senate, what else?
+* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Why, you've gotten the Lost Bunny of the Apocalypse elected to the Senate, what else?
 * [[The Nose Knows]]: Winslow claims it as a superpower
-* [[Oh Wait This Is My Grocery List]]
+* [[Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List]]
 * [[Only Sane Man]]: Carmen... usually.
 * [[Only Smart People May Pass]]
-* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]
+* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]
 * [[Pretty Butterflies]]: Carmen and Winslow admire one one lazy day.
 * [[Raised By Wolves]]: Reversed. Winslow is so humanized that an attempt to live with wild coyotes failed miserably.
-* [[Ripped From the Headlines]]: As with most political comics. For example, in one story Winslow refused to let Carmen buy football cards just because she's a conservative; meanwhile, she pointed out that the football ''players'' are far worse ("drug abuser... deadbeat dad... adulterer...!"). This was based on the controversy over [[Rush Limbaugh]] wanting to buy a football team.
+* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: As with most political comics. For example, in one story Winslow refused to let Carmen buy football cards just because she's a conservative; meanwhile, she pointed out that the football ''players'' are far worse ("drug abuser... deadbeat dad... adulterer...!"). This was based on the controversy over [[Rush Limbaugh]] wanting to buy a football team.
 * [[Running Gag]]: Winslow trying to fly, for one.
 * [[Schmuck Bait]]: Unsatisfactory for Winslow, since it does nothing.
 {{quote| ''If you break the rules you deserve a boom.''}}
 * [[Screwy Squirrel]]: Winslow sometimes
-* [[Shout Out]]: [[Nineteen Eighty Four|"Speaking is Action! Spending is Saving! Debt is Stimulus!"]]
+* [[Shout Out]]: [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|"Speaking is Action! Spending is Saving! Debt is Stimulus!"]]
 ** "Real Reality is for Suckers!"
 ** Winslow's [[Multiple Choice Past]] includes references to [[Spider Man]] and ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''.