Waiting for Fitzgerald

[Replaced_Texan]

Heh. From Divisadero:

. . .This leads me to ask the question: What happened to the indomitable Republican spin machine?*

Possible Theories and Football Metaphors:

(1) Karl Rove is like Terrell Owens this season. The Administration doesn't have much time left and hasn't made the spin-master a suitable offer--i.e., grand emperor of the GOP with plenary power to summarily execute all dissidents (Joseph Wilson, John McCain, etc.). So, unitl they come through for him, he's gonna pout on the sidelines and let his team go to crap.

(2) Karl Rove is like Terrell Owens last season. For most of the season, he was hot shit and nobody could touch his spin-magic. Unnecessary wars and nonexistant weapons of mass destruction became democratization projects for American security. Then, suddenly, just like TO was taken out by Roy Williams, Rove has been taken out by the Valerie Plame investigation.

(3) The Republicans are like the New England Patriots. They've both had their day in the sun (3 Super Bowls in 4 years/successful elections in 2000, 2002, and 2004), got too big headed (too many obnoxious commercials/tried to foist far-right legislation/foreign policy on a politically moderate populace), and have been figured out by their opponents (2-2 this season/Donkeys getting media-savvy?). The media, once the proud proponents of these never-do-wrong patriot-darlings, has since grown tired of them.

(4) We've been living in the Bizarro World of Politics much like the Bizarro World of the NFL from 1999- 2005. During this period, black was white and white was black. Kurt Warner was the best quarterback in the league, Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson won Super Bowls, and historically shitty teams like the Bucs, Patriots, Rams, and Ravens (/Browns) ruled the league. Perhaps that period is at an end and reality is back.