Taking to the White House podium this morning, a steely-eyed
President Obama stared into the wary-eyed faces of his fellow Americans. Take our dignity, our credit rating and even our lives ... but never our compromise! (as Jon Chait wryly point it.)
Obama: "Make no mistake ― for those who say they oppose tax increases on anyone, a lower credit rating would result potentially in a tax increase on everyone ... that’s inexcusable. I asked the American people to make their voice heard in this debate ... Make a phone call. Send an email. Tweet. Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you: STAND, Men of the West!!"
Oh wait ... that's mostly
Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) from
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Sorry. Obama's knight-in-shining-armor thing occasionally triggers a Democratic fever dream. Anyway, as Shakespeare might say (and Obama is thinking), we in this debt ceiling debate on righteousness' side shall be remembered (come Election Day 2012). We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ... To the BARRICADES!
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