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War. What is it good for? Political speech, apparently.
As November approaches, expect the pundits to throw out more and more war-themed volleys. Ohio is a battleground state, after all.
I've always been puzzled by anti-choice "battle against abortion" rhetoric. Who's the enemy? Slutty girls?
According to Slate, politicos get so caught up in the idea of actual war rooms, anyone who's anyone has to have one:
Some people are particularly attached to the notion of war room as physical place. "I get hired by so many corporate clients who want a room with clocks and maps and everything," says Chris Lehane, a former spokesman for Al Gore who now heads a public-relations firm. "When you try to explain to them it’s just a concept and not a physical embodiment, they don’t want to hear it."
Meanwhile, the War on Terror will remain unwinnable. The enemy is too difficult to define, much less defeat.
The Dispatch ran a political article today with the head Officer Needed in Oval Office? about whether military experience should be a prerequisite for the presidency. (Short answer: No. And I think my WWII war hero dad would agree.)
All this rocket's red glare, guns ablazing, military talk has me yearning for the days of tired old political sports metaphors. Let's hit one out of the park, Democrats!
