I just finished reading Larison’s remarks on the Larry Hunter piece we linked earlier, and Nancy Pelosi is on my tv screen babbling about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
She seems to be dedicated to fooling people into thinking that releasing some of that oil would matter, and the only thing going through my mind (other than wanting to scream at Pelosi) is that it really says something that the Democratic Party is probably going to win a lot of seats based on the fact that many people have come to the simple judgment that the Democratic candidate is “not completely evil” and “not a total moron.” As one of Larison’s commenters noted, “That Obama isn’t McCain may not make the most compelling blog commentary, but I’m afraid for many of us that truth is compelling enough.”
Feh.