Dowbrigade

Back in 2000, when we realized that the Presidential
election was coming down to a Harvard Man vs. a Yale Man, we began to
get a
creepy feeling of foreboding. As any Harvard Man who has been
sucker-punched by a Yalie will tell you, those guys fight dirty. Sure
enough, the election came down to a desperate, naked power grab, and
sure enough, the creatively unscrupulous Eli out-slashed his hapless
Harvidian competitor.

And more power to him. Political skulduggery has a long
and hoary history in the American political panorama, and if that pansy
Al Gore proved he couldn’t hang with the big boys, we’re better off without
him.

But this time the Democrats wised up and found themselves
a Yalie as well. Watching these two go at each other is going to be like
watching a steel cage death match between a rabid iguana and a wombat
on crystal meth. Big time politics is decidedly not a sport for gentlemen.

As the accompanying photo from his Yale days testifies,
there is no doubt that George W. is willing to go the extra mile to bring
home the trophy. The question of the day is whether the Johns are going
to be able to mix it up, down and dirty, to and not only to match, but
to anticipate and out-sleaze the sleazemasters. Stay tuned.

photo thanks to This Modern World