the otherwhirled

“Ah’m right proud of gettin’ ta meet Mr. Socrates here at the White House. It ain’t often we gets ta meet such famous Greek philosomophers from Portugal like this!” photo credit: Reuters/Jason Reed

“…but I was warned ahead of time by Gwen Ifill that I would be beaten and castrated were I so much as to invite you to lunch.” photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

Hrm. A dirty donkey stuck in a well, doing nothing germane to any situation other than the fact that it's stuck in a well. If this is not the perfect photographic metaphor for our Congressional Democratic leadership, which still seems inclined to quietly accept whatever the White House regurgitates on its feet, then what is?

“During an anti-war protest in front of the white house, an unidentified man offered to give these police officers a ‘Bob Allen’ if they would leave the capitol. He was instead treated to a night in jail and full cavity search.” photo credit: AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski