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Friday, September 26, 2008
A Break in the
Action
DON'T BE DEPRESSED. Yeah, everything's pretty dire this morning. A bank failure overnight, stock market poised for another plunge, and congress torn between passing a massive bailout package nobody wants and not passing a massive bailout package everyone sort of knows is necessary. But's it's also a fine comic moment. What must Obama be thinking about now? Isn't the clever young fox always supposed to be more agile and energetic than the old dog who's depicted in campaign ads as three-quarters in the grave? But so far, every time Obama thinks he's about to see daylight in the polls, Senator McDroopy looks to have been a step ahead of him all along. After the Berlin extravaganza, the obsolete old fleabag was waiting back home with a truly deflating set of viral video ads comparing Obama to Paris Hilton. After Obama's Roman Triumph in the Denver coliseum, he marched grandly into the buzzsaw of the old hound's Palin gambit. And now, blessed with the Democrat heaven of an economic crisis that can be blamed on Republicans, Obama sprints out to the expected lead only to find that damned old dog has beaten him to the headlines yet again.
Is McDroopy going to "surprise him like this through the whole picture"? Your guess is as good as mine.
Okay. You are now free to resume being terrified and heartsick about the economy.
