Sympathy for the wretched politician, By Mark Morford

[madokie]

In my calmer moments of euphoric benevolence, when the wine has opened nicely and the light is streaming in just so, I sometimes find myself awash in unexpected feelings of kindness and generosity aimed in a very unexpected direction.

Do you know this feeling? Does it ever slide into you like a warm breeze in summertime, like a hot knife into your chilled and jaded heart?

Do you ever feel, that is, a wave of empathy for the various egomaniacal, powermongering doorstops of America, the wonks and politicos, crusaders and congressional chyme, thinking, "Oh you poor, poor thing, there there now, it will all be over soon, you'll be dead in a relatively short time and no one will care anymore about that Very Ridiculous Thing you think is so mandatory to the lifeblood of American ignorance and pain?"

I do. Well, sometimes. ...


(Full URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/13/notes101310.DTL&nl=fix)

[xchrom]

1. Awesome - love me some morford. Nt

[unhappycamper]

2. "Dear Sen. DeMint: Your mom called. She's having some regrets. "

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