The Darkest Day
It can be argued that we are in the darkest days of the Bush (43) presidency. We are still in Iraq and losing troops three years after the initial war. The economy is being rocked by hurricane after hurricane and high fuel prices. The President's pick for the Supreme Court is killed by members of his own party. High ranking White House staffers are under threat of indictment. It's a pretty dark day. The Presidency is in danger of becoming a lame duck.
Or is he? The 2000th soldier was lost this week and no one other than Cindy Sheehan seemed to notice. Certainly not the mainstream public. Iraq just overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new constitution and appears to be on its way toward better days. Despite three hurricanes, the economy grew at a brisk 3.8% last quarter. The DOW is up 107 points as I write. Sure, Miers was nixed for SCOTUS but if the next pick is chosen carefully, it could be a rallying point for the base right before a critical election year. Karl Rove dodged a bullet and was not indicted. The Vice President's chief of staff was indicted but I suspect that not 1 in 500 Americans outside the beltway knowns his name.
If, as the press would have us believe, these are the darkest days, I'll take them. From where I'm sitting, this looks more like overcast, not dark. Dark is when you need a lantern to see any light. Right now, I doubt that my pupils are even dilated.
-Godshatter