The Zong

All due respect, miss Holly Ramer, but the lead for your article today is missing something:

“First there was Clinton time. Now there’s Obama time.”

And by something, I mean “urban appeal.” Nobody under fifty is likely to read your pale yellow journalistic blah blah until you realize that your lead should read:

“First there was Hammer Time, then there was Clinton time. Now, it’s STOP… Obama time!”

Feel free to put your hand up like you’re stopping something as you type in the word “STOP!” It’ll add a little something to that stuffy tone of yours, and maybe set a funny new precedent for next year’s AP Style Manual!

Speaking of precedential campaigns, (sorry) B-Oba is in New Hampshire today, which is about as exciting to me as it is unexpected. I mean, I’d love to see him run, but I’m really getting sick of hearing about it.

Should he decide to run, Obama said he looks forward to the rigorous questions for which New Hampshire voters are known.

“I love retail politics,” he said. “Though you never know whether you’re ready for anything until you do it. I certainly enjoy sitting in folks’ living rooms, hearing about what’s important to them.”

Yawn. Until he actually starts showing up in folks’ living rooms, I’ll be waiting for “Gore Time.” I happen to think that the GT is totally bitchin’.

- M.G.