John McCain and his silky white helmet of hair, like a napkin draped by angels

Watching John McCain talk about The Surge last night on the debate, it occurred to me that, whether or not it’s a strategy or a tactic, it is a comb-over of the essential baldness of the problems in Iraq. Come to think of it, The Bailout is The Surge of the financial crisis.

Obama, cool as a cucumber, telling the nation he will eat their children

To give equal time to the hair of the opposition, Obama’s five o’clock moustache was like that thing about Grandma’s face that horrifies you but you can’t look away. McCain may not know how to use the internet, but at least he knows how to use a Schick Quattro. The debate lighting not only didn’t bleach Obama’s stache, it made his eyes look racoonish. I don’t want to say Obama looked like a D.W. Griffith silent movie villain, but there was a certain dastardly or nefarious quality there. Of course, there’s no history of racial prejudice at Ole Miss which would lead you to suspect the poor lighting was intentional.

Oh, wait…

James Meredith, 1962