Old Googley eyes
Anyone living around me since my college days probably heard me swear about Steven McNair once or twice. For those not in the know, McNair’s the quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, and one of the few atheletes I’ve changed my mind about (Alexander Mogiliny & Doug Flutie being two others that pop to mind). Here’s what I used to hate about McNair, you would watch him play and he would just be mediocre yet seem to land on his feet. Every shot of him on the sideline showed him wide eyed and seemingly confused (thus googley eyes), he rarely got over 250 yards passing, no big risks. Just give it to his running back, let the defense do their things, and play within the system. When it all fired right (and it did for a good four years), he never did anything special, but his team would go 12-4 and he’d beat other “better quarterbacks. I’d sit there and think “how has no one figured out how to make this guy look like a fool yet?”. In fairness, the last 3-4 years he’s done some amazing things and I’ve changed my mind on him. But that ruins my argument here, so let’s ignore that….
The wheels officially fall of George Bush tomorrow, and I just may do a dance. Bush has been pulling the Googly eyes “stay in the system and do what the coach says” routine and just slinking by. But suddenly Georgie’s gone off script and it’s all gone to shit. The Social Security debacle quagmired back in the winter, Iraq is the same, even hitting another milestone today. The whole Harriet Miers thing, which pissed of the righties and even surprised the Dems at how dumb a move it was. Gas prices, Katrina, and finally the CIA leak indictments. Rush and the rest of ‘em are trying to pretend how this isn’t a big deal, and it’s all political, but it’s a hard sell for the God Bless America crowd to write off treasonous acts (remember ditto heads, it’s Clinton’s fault, somehow). Here’s my Vegas style odds on inditements tomorrow:
Libby: 1 – 2 (bet $2 to win $1, ie. It’s gonna happen)
Rove: 3 – 1 (i hope i hope i hope, but who knows)
Cheney: 20 – 1 (you never know)
Some guy you never heard of: 1 – 1