It looks like J.K. Rowling, noted beatnik and probable liberal, has launched a broadside against Chimpy McCokespoon on the very first page of the new Harry Potter book released at midnight tonight, _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The thesis of the first chapter of the book is that not only has her fictitious Minister of Magic become aware of Lord Voldemort's return to power, but the muggle Prime Minister has as well (read the dust jacket of the book.)
The second sentence of the book (fair use for political commentary, if you are Rowling's agent) is:
He was waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and between wondering when the wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring, and difficult week, there was not much space in his head for anything else.
To my mind, this is Rowling's way of slapping Dubya in the face. Thoughts?
Update [2005-7-16 3:52:19 by DC Pol Sci]:Does Rowling visit dKos?!?!?!? The lowest grade one can get on one's OWLs turns out to be...."Troll." ;-)