this juxtaposition is probably not worthy of a diary, but it struck me as an apt metaphor for our times.
"The Intrepid stands for everything we believe in ... our freedom and our values," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the send-off ceremony before the tugs began their work."
vs.
"Intrepid Stuck, Move Scrubbed for Now
NEW YORK (AP) - The legendary World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid got stuck in deep Hudson River mud Monday as powerful tugboats fought to pull it free to tow the floating museum down river for a $60 million overhaul."
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ps: what if, instead of manipulating the vote counts to 51/49 r/d, they claim that e-voting machine failure/hacking/meltdowns have invalidated the results in certain key races?
it would be easy enough to do (ex: where did these extra 42,000 votes for webb come from?), i don't know if there is any precedent, but at the very least it would buy rove some time, and allow them to get their next war started. this scheme might also alleviate (mildly) the legal challenges and protests.