William Kristol Shrugs
William Kristol– leading neo-conservative hawk, spokesperson for the Project for a New American Century, and editor of the Weekly Standard– was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night.
A fascinating interview. Kristol looked dazed, off-kilter, and defeated.
Two weeks of unimaginable bad news undercutting your stance will do that to you.
At one point, this was nearly the exchange:
Stewart: But… how can we re-elect a man who’s driven us into a ditch, you know?
Kristol: Well, he’s driven us into a ditch… well, maybe not a ditch but…
(audience applause)
You will notice, too, that just a few days ago George Will used the word “Empire”, in his forlorn column of disappointment:
David Byrne, from his latest album “Grown Backward”… the song is “Empire”:
In national elections
In songs raised on high
With stirring emotions
As tears fill your eyes
In democratic fever
For national defense
I am a mountain [3x]
Like birds upon a fence [2x]
Young artists and writers
Please heed the call
What’s good for business
Is good for us all
And as it is in Nature
So it is in life
The weak among us with perish [3x]
The strong alone will survive [2x]
Voices like thunder
Decisions like steel
The past and the future
They belong to us all
From every mountain
The water and the air
The world that we’ve created [3x]
By working hand in hand [2x]