Bait & Switch

Crap from the left and crap from the right. Yesterday, Vietnam was the forbidden comparison; today, it's embraced as if it's a revelation. Yesterday, Dems were fearless and ferocious; today, they're sucking sugar teats, while they knuckle under to their pollsters fears. Neocons still advocate war, always more war, while the administration dangles its next shiny object in front of our faces and tries to hypnotize us with fear. If Meredith Wilson had scripted this play, it would look and sound like this. Yes, Dubya IS Professor Harold Hill, except without any redeeming values, such as actually forming a band, discovering true love, and marrying Marion. In the final scene of today's little play, Dubya would abscond with the town's money without nary a twinge of remorse or a look back, firmly believing he had left River City better than he had found it.