#700

Ah, post #700. It's been a long, stupid road to get here, and posting once every 1.808 days for some three-and-a-half years has been a real grind. Work smarter, not harder, Josh!

Anyway, the people upstairs moved out and somehow forgot to switch their subscription to the Wall Street Journal, so guess what I read today? Page 2 has a very lazy piece about whether Obama is more like Bobby Kennedy or Gary Hart. Um, are you fucking kidding me, Gerald F. Seib (if that is your real name)?

He must be kidding, gentle readers, because he writes the following: Gary Hart was a Democratic frontrunner until doubts about his personal choices, experience, and unconventional views scared voters back to the mainstream candidate.

Robert Kennedy was a Democratic frontrunner until he got shot in the back of the head.

No, seriously; Seib recounts how Kennedy tried, during that ill-fated summer in 1968, to recast himself as a less aggressive, less "ruthless" (Seib's term) political animal, leading up to his big win in a contested California primary.

And--excuse me, but does this sound familiar?--from these retold snippets, Seib concludes that Barack Obama reminds him more of...Bobby Kennedy! Have I gone crazy, or did Hillary win California? Is she or is she not the person most voters see as "ruthless" and calculating? The Obama-Gary Hart comparison is a slam dunk, Seib! Jesus Whom You Don't Believe In Christ, man!! Obama = Kennedy only in the sense that Barack should avoid narrow hotel pantries and insist on appearing only in open, well-lit, public places.

Does the article mean anything? Nope. One can see that plain, just by reminding oneself that this election is between a black man and a woman. This changes everything.

Maybe the people who moved out didn't forget to switch the subscription...