“I’m exhausted,” I told Frank Belloc, combat psychologist and good friend, “I’ve flown some forty-two hours in the last week, from the States to Europe, to the Middle East and back and, yet, my half-brother, who’s been detained by the U.S. military for the last two weeks and was subjected to everything short of waterboarding, has already bolted for Pennsylvania, desperate to help shore up the lead for Obama.”
“Can you understand the panic?” asked my good friend. Franks’ business had sunk a bit of late, what with Barack’s numbers so high, reporters un-moved any longer, was looking at the contest rather neutrally. “Any dip into the single digits signal a potential hi-jacking. This is the most important election, and I know how dumb that sounds, but it’s true, since the demise of the Democrats in 1968. If Obama loses this thing, by hook or by crook, what happens? A thin thread of life is given to the GOP; the Dems don’t fracture, but what about the electorate? Black Americans? Can you say Rodney? The youth vote? Please. Who wouldn’t try everything in their power to try and push this thing?”
“You don’t think the Palin Creature is already posturing for the loss?” I asked him. “The rogue is making signals to her base?”
“For chrissakes,” said Frank, “The Republicans will fracture completely with a loss. I don’t even want to tell you what I think is going to happen to them with an Obama win. That’s not relevant. Thing is, nobody ought to whistle past the graveyard right now. They’re close, but they’re not there yet.”
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