HMM: “America is no longer what it once was.” And that’s bad, apparently.
Does that mean he’s coming out as the anti-change candidate now? Can you flipflop on change itself? . . . .
UPDATE: Reader George Pepper emails:
“The Republic is no longer what it once was.” – Palpatine/Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Do you think anyone will notice?
I think they just did.
MORE: “It’s not a gaffe, it’s a theme.”
STILL MORE: Emperor Palpatine — or Bob Dole:
Let me be the bridge to a time of tranquility, faith and confidence in action.
And to those who say it was never so, that America’s not been better, I say you’re wrong. And I know because I was there. And I have seen it. And I remember.
Read the whole thing.
MORE STILL: “Darth Tedious?”