I guess I picked the perfect week to go on vacation because it seems like the news cycle stood still. People are still talking about the Islamic Center in lower Manhattan. Who gives a shit? I’ve been around thousands of midwesterners in the last few days and I have not overheard one comment related to politics in that entire time. No one gives a shit about whatever it is that is being discussed online or on cable or inside the Beltway. But they really don’t care about what’s going on in Manhattan. Bloomberg and Obama said what had to be said, and the rest of it pure wankery. I have some advice for Howard Dean and Harry Reid and the rest of the buffoons. Go jump in a lake. Take a swim. Try some parasailing. Do something relaxing and tell your pollsters to take the rest of the summer off. Anything’s better than being caught in this stupid news cycle that doesn’t seem to want to end.
