by Dermott “Curly” Mulrooney

MISSPEAKING-GATE 2008! CONTROVERSIAL CONFUSION! LACK OF VERBAL VERACITY! TERMINAL TRUTHLESNESS! FACT-FUDGING FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE CLAIMS YET ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE VICTIM!

THE HAWKISHLY CONSERVATIVE, WAR-MONGERING PSEUDO-EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES! HE’S FACTUALLY AS NAKED AS HE CAME! HIS MILITARY PONTIFICATION HAS BEEN REVEALED AS NOTHING MORE THAN A SOILED BIRTHDAY SUIT OF BEFUDDLED IGNORANCE!!!

SURELY LIBERALISM HAS WON THE DAY!

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been suggesting America should leave. John McCain says otherwise, America will leave when he says America will leave. After all, he knows best. Well, remember these words from the President from a press conference May 2007:

REPORTER: You say you want nothing short of victory, that leaving Iraq would be catastrophic; you once again mentioned al Qaeda. Does that mean that you are willing to leave American troops there, no matter what the Iraqi government does?

THE PRESIDENT: We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It's their government's choice. If they were to say, leave, we would leave.

That's right everybody!

We can't establish a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq because...?

“Everyone’s Crazy Except You and Me….And I’m Not So Sure About You”

In the cultural milieu of The United States, is past military service a pre-requisite for the Presidency? An interesting albeit old article from the Grey Lady examines this issue and brings up some far-reaching questions.

Is the expectation of past military service from our candidates an indication of our romantic obsession with war? Or is it perhaps an insidious, subconscious affirmation that the military-industrial complex has come to dominate our political system? Are we afraid to be led by someone who has not borne arms in defense of our nation? Should we be? Are we losing perspective on the importance of military service?

Duran Duran was neither a “Duran” nor a “Duran”. Discuss.