Often the turn of the tide is signalled by a harbinger, an “omen” if you like. In 1979 it was the election of Margaret Thatcher, which took place in the darkest days of Carterism.
What are the chances that we’ll look back and see this Olympic debacle as Obama’s harbinger?
Once the balloon is punctured, it’s very hard to get the hot air back in. Millions are seeing it fall, flacid and wrinkled, to the ground. How long before the laughter starts?
It’s sometimes referred to as “The Mandate of Heaven” a term coined by Ghengis Khan for the essence of political and military leadership. But once the Mandate is lifted, it’s gone for good.
We need to win an election or two to bring this home. The gubinatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey should be bellwethers.
In the end their mistake was making this about Bam instead of about the Olympics. The reason Chicago lost was BECAUSE of Bam, they did not want this to turn into the Bam Olympics and have him and Michelle on TV as the heros of getting the games to Chicago. If he would have kept a low profile and lobbied/bribed behind the scenes, they might have pulled it off.
Why would the IOC want the games in Chicago if it meant that it was about Bam and not about the games? Very rational an the part of the IOC, they saw thru his game.
It was interesting that Rush and others have started laughing at Bam. Narcissists cannot stand to be laughed at. He may get real erratic in the next few months, especially if more people start to make fun of him.
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This youtube clip sure brings a smile to my face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsKfRi6kKkc
I think about future conservatives winning the country back the way Thatcher did in Britain.
Here is another one I love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK3eP9rh4So