Damned if you do – or don’t

HA! Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank just kills me. In his latest piece, he advises Obama to slow the pace of his victory lap. “The man who faced reporters [Tuesday] ... was treated by his questioners as a conquering colossus – and Obama didn't mind wearing those shoes. ... Careful, Mr. President.” Stratospheric expectations were what got him in trouble in the first place, he opines. Then, leveraging the zombie auto metaphor that just won’t die, Milbank tells the president, “For your own safety and that of your passengers, please park the celebration.” Clever. But what would we be reading if a dour, mechanical “Mr. Spock” had shown up for the presser instead of the “conquering colossus?” I guarantee Milbank would have crafted something like, “C’mon Mr. Obama, you should be dancing in the end zone. Jump in that car and get it in gear!” Ain’t life grand in DC, Mr. President?