The mystique is greatly diminished
No. Not that of Barack Obama. That's history. It's the office of President of the United States I'm talking about. The post that Abraham Lincoln turned into the secular equivalent of the Papacy is shrouded in tradition and ritual and carries enormous prestige. Well, it did until recently, anyway. But ever since his ill-advised appearance ten days ago on a television show hosted by the lecherous, sordid David Letterman, President Obama seems to have lost his touch completely. And now, rejection of the most public kind in Copenhagen. It all leaves Tucker Carlson asking:
"Why didn't Obama see this coming? He spends all this time, gets all this press, uses all this political capital to promote Chicago, and then loses? What an amateur. Prosecutors don't ask witnesses questions in court unless they're sure of the answers. Presidents don't stake their personal reputations on contests whose outcomes are uncertain. Very foolish move. No wonder he can't get health care passed."
Indeed. And well done Rio, by the way. Parabéns!
