Hank Hill is the real crunchy-con-toon
[NRO Staff  03/07 02:45 PM]

From the inbox:

Hi gang,

I guess this is food-and-cartoons week. I nominate Hank Hill for crunchy-con-toon. He hates the Mega-Lo-Mart, is a practicing trad-religionist (Methodist) and prohibited his son from doing the "cool Christianity" stuff because he didn't want the Lord being a phase in his life, prizes his vocation (perhaps a bit too much) and loves his wife and his small town the way it is.

He's a bit iffy on his son, but let's face it, Bobby's just not right sometimes. And Hank gets hung up on manly possessions (yard, tractor, etc.). And he struggles mightily as he guides his family through the morass of modern life. But he's the best-written conservative character on TV, and not a parody — he's like the anti-Archie Bunker. He's a good-hearted guy and so, obviously, are the writers - Hank usually wins in the end.

I find it disappointing that I see so few King of the Hill references and so much Simpsons. I guess I'm just too counter-crunchy-con-toon-cultural for the rest of you consumerists!