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March 9, 2009
obama's economy
This morning I saw my third or fourth article about whether we can start blaming Obama for the economy yet. One has to wonder 1) what a president can do 2) in six weeks that 3) he has not already done, but no matter. We Americans love crediting and blaming one guy, preferably the guy we give very little control over matters economic. All we need to know: are we there yet?
The Wednesday after W's re-election in 2004, I watched Nancy Pelosi on every network, applying the lesson she'd learned: the American people need to realize that Democrats are born-again Christians too! Holy hell, I thought. That's what we need: both parties run by the same zealots. Genius lesson.
I would have been pleased to see Pelosi's vapid moment stand alone in the annals of politics, but four years later here we are, with the GOP desperately looking for a new face of their party. It doesn't much matter whose face it is, just so long as it's not lily white like, say, the GOP. Because the American people need to realize that we're brown too, I hear in my head.
Yeah, that's exactly why you guys lost. The seasons changed, and so did the colors in fashion. So slip into a slinky little Jindal. He brings out your eyes and coordinates nicely with your Steele.
Genius.
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