By now, we've all figured out that you guys are pissed about Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, his visit to Iraq and his media coverage. You think it's a bunch of unwarranted hype. You're free to go ahead and stew in the rancid juices of jealousy for the rest of the campaign, but know this:
It's your own damned fault.
That childish 'day counter' at GOP.com is one of the main reasons for Obama's hype. Without the goading from the GOP website and other republican megaphones of ignorance such as the sycophants at Fox News, this hype probably wouldn't exist. I say 'probably' just because I'm an open-minded lefty and I leave room for other possibilities (like Obama's brilliant campaign).
But if I were more like you, I would say something like this:
You have only yourselves to blame for the hype around the first Obama world tour. The media followed him around because of you. Gen. Petraeus sat with him in a chopper because of you. 200,000+ people gathered in Berlin because of you. This moment went to Obama because of you. And because of you, your guy was left whining about another of his own gaffes for a bunch of second-string reporters who normally find themselves grasping signposts while a raging snowstorm threatens to launch them into the ocean.
Take a look in the mirror. There should be one in your bathroom. Yeah, that's you. The moron at fault for Obama's hype. Why not point a finger while you're at it? Laugh like Tom Hanks in The Money Pit when the bathtub fell through the floor. That's the kind of week you had.
And deep down, you know you deserve it. You know exactly what a fiasco your party created for itself. It shot itself in the foot. The day counter backfired. Your bitching and wetting yourself about Obama not going to Iraq created the puddle of vitriol now rising above your ankles.
Obama has already had one extra big moment because of Hillary hanging on for so long. You thought that was good, too. I know because I listen to your wingnut radio goons. Then when Obama gave a speech the night he finally collected the delegates he needed it was a national event. All your guy could do was go through the motions in front of a green screen like Bruce Boxleitner shooting a Sci-Fi original movie about a giant badly-rendered crocodilopus.
Here's what's funny: Despite disagreeing with all of his policies, I like your guy. I really do. He's a Navy veteran, a POW, and has served his country as a senator for several terms. See, as a lefty, I happen to think public service is honorable whether it is done in the cockpit of a fighter plane, a concrete cell, or the Senate chamber. I happen to believe that people with the experience of decades have a lot to teach the rest of us. It's just too bad the guy shares a party with you, and has to appease your bitter and cowardly worldview in order to get your vote.
So if this week for Obama causes both of us to cry in November, me because the horror is finally over, and you because the war your ilk sent a lot of other people into will actually end, remember this week, remember the day counter, and remember the gift you gave to Obama and to his voters. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
And please keep up the Town Hall day counter. Just pray Obama doesn't call your hand on that, too.