August 07, 2008

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?"