The Hollow Man

I think this bears repeating; Romney (IMO) is like the penultimate American politician, the Platonic ideal of the soulless, morally-flexible, deceitful man of power. This puppet-self he has made through his actions somehow seems to occupy the same body as a genuine, caring and ethical person who loves his wife, believes in self-betterment, and sincerely wants the nations to be prosperous.

I am reminded of T.S.Elliot's eerie words;



Sightless, unless
The eyes reappear
As the perpetual star
Multifoliate rose
Of death’s twilight kingdom
The hope only
Of empty men.

Why is everyone freaking out so much about the Pew poll?

My guess would be that after weeks of more or less steady poll numbers (or going steadily up in Obama's favor) the media finally has a story that isn't Romney messing up. So they're having a field day. Honestly, no one panics like liberals, especially in an election this consequential. I am guilty of this myself. 

But the nice thing is outside of that Pew poll things aren't going too terribly, and Obama has a big enough cushion that we're still in good positions to win as long as he can stem the bad news come the next debate.

Or so I hope.


And yes Andrew Sullivan is a liberal, or at least an American leader.  Some closets are harder to come out of than others.

Because wasting time on Photoshop is fun. Also: I noticed this first! Stop stealing my basic observational skills reddit!