The coronation
Feb 24, 2009 Medialites, Narcissus Rex, Past is prologue, Politics and Poker
That’s right: We’re coronating the hitherto unknown M.A. Lamascoloas as 
pundit king for this gem sent to Glenn Reynolds in response to Insty’s observation that, gee, whaddya know, Chris Matthews is having his doubts about the Black JFK — about six months too late:
Matthews has himself to blame. I want Obama to succeed. I want our country to succeed. I disagree with 85% of Obama’s positions, but I want him and our country to succeed. He can’t do that if he hasn’t been tested. One of the best tests is a campaign. But he didn’t have one of those, he had a coronation. Matthews and his colleagues across the media let our country down. They gave Obama no vetting whatsoever. Now Matthews wants to complain? It’s a little late for that.
How knavish to say such a thing! Of royalty you have no share; you are no knight, nor gentleman nor decent commoner.
Off with your head, M.A.!
February 24th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
A Campaign is a test of men
Who’ve risen politic,
And that’s the kind of open end
That really does the trick,
For politics is none the wise
That people seem to think,
It’s just a game of brief surmise
That’s written of in ink,
Please don’t tell me tests of speech
Make contributions rare,
Or I will seem most qualified
To make history from air,
Good Lord, how long will this go on
With government so suave?
And shall now all the people pawned
Before this is resolved?
Yet every time elections draw
A new messiah looms,
Until he’s proven glassy-jawed
Not later, but real soon,
Now tell me everyone around
How politics will save,
And I will sell you holy ground
That’s oh so freshly made,
So campaign now and campaign hard
To hang your hat a’peg,
And when your man is in the yard -
Feel tingles down your leg…
Ha-lay, ha-loo, art gromey hatch
A comes the snibble-snort,
A riding on the Bandersnatch
To Camelot a’court,
Now all you Knights a’politic
Let’s hear your best retort,
A trumpet out and make it stick
We want your best report -
What’s that you say? There’s trouble still,
Your man’s no better than the last?
No paradise by human skill?
No smooth-tongued Golden Ass?
Why, play your trade in other lands
We’ve tired of politics,
You’ll never fool us e’er again -
Without the same old tricks…
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March 3rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Not vetted? Gah. That’s what people say when they suspect someone of something and when it doesn’t come out in the wash, they’re convinced that there’s a conspiracy to hide it.
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