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| The Icebergs, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1861, Dallas Museum of Art |
OTR's been rather quiet on the political front lately. The subject depresses him, but he simply has to emerge from his comfort zone to give high praise to the Obama administration for their superb skill at managing the national debate. Here it is, International Women's Day and the hot topic from coast to coast isn't the remarkable accomplishments of women over the past century and longer. Instead, it is a woman's right to free contraception administered - some hope - through a national insurance program . Behind this contraceptive shield - sorry, couldn't help myself - the nation faces gas prices at $5 per gallon and rising, national unemployment rising to 9.2% last month, declining manufacturing orders, hidden inflation that will soon turn to hyperinflation cresting on a $15,000,0000,000,000 deficit, rising dissatisfaction with the nation's direction, Arab springs marching into political realities, and Israel preparing to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities in a matter of weeks.
If the Obama forces can sustain their control of the national narrative this effectively into Summer, they should have no trouble dispatching a Republican challenge that seems to be philosophically locked in other peoples' bedrooms. Such dramatic irony should be reserved for the fiction of the stage.
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