Posted by
Dennis Pemberton on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:59:08 PM
Watching MCain's poll numbers sink like my 401K, was distressing. Seeing the RealClearPolitics Electoral College advantage to Obama was frightening. McCain's stumbling around on the economy brought me to the edge (after 26 years in the Senate, you should be able to articulate a point on the economy without simply blathering about earmarks- I mean, I got that memo three months ago). The coming Palin/Biden debates bring on a sense of distress equivalent to getting a phone message: "Dennis, this is Joy Behah, I'm on my way ovah." But, for some reason, the past day or so, a curious feeling of calm has come over me.
What could it have been? Then, hearing Bill Maher talk about Dan Quayle made me realize what had happened. To recap, Maher, I gather, spent an hour saying 1) we are a religious nation, ipso facto: 2) we are stupid. One of his exhibits included the unfortunate former Vice President, who was so conscious of making an error that he jinxed himself into making errors. Maher sais that, in the VP debate back in 1988, Quayle was asked what he'd do in case of a Russian attack. Quayle said he would pray. "So," Maher riffed "if we are attacked, you're going to talk to your imaginary friend."
That's what I've been doing. Talking to my "imaginary" friend. Praying for the country, praying for Sarah. And I am calm. Maybe that's why the left are a bunch of fly-off-the-handle, world-is-ending, it's-too-cold, it's-too-hot, Bush-is-Hitler, Obama-is-god, free-speech-means-I-talk-you-listen hardcore nutty bars. They think God is imagined, or if he isn't, he was misquoted in the Bible, and anyway, God is inside of me, so how I feel is my religion, so don't mess with my religion! The world is ending! It's too cold! It's-too-hot! Bush is Hitler! Obama is god! Free speech means I talk you listen! Oh, and save Polar Bears, not people!
And I am calm. "Dennis, this is Joy Behah. I can't make it."