Who will account to him for what is done in his name?

We take it for granted,

that every man has his

price. But what is the

going rate for a boy,

these days? We've not

only left stark crimes

unaccounted for, from

the previous Presidency.

We've continued them

and expanded upon them,

with such technology as

drones, and one unpub-

lished Executive Order

after another, for ag-

gressive war. 

Now we hear that the

young, "the base," are

to be palliated as if

so many bashful child-

ren, set free to grow

up queer and cheery.

They are said to be

expected to be re-

vitalised by this am-

iable treat, in their

natural adulation for

a sympathetic mentor.

And where did this

congenital disposition

come from, I wonder,

if not where every-

thing congenital does?

Is there no end to the

exploitation of the soc-

cer mom?

Why fear gay marriage,

indeed. Why fear youth,

if the White House is

right. But my own dog

can tell when he's

being seduced by a bis-

cuit, and can't be dis-

tracted forever.

I happen to anticipate
that the young, who are
more fluent in reconcil-
ing themselves to the
blamelessness of being 
gay than their mid-life
predecessors have said,
are more interested in
remedies for the crimes
conducted in their name
than they are in being
assured they're not a
criminal. They are not,
moreover, the source of
shame which attaches to
their citizenship, and
of guilt which attaches
to the conduct pursued
in their name by their
nation. They know who is,
and my feeling is that
this perception is what
deflates their hopes of
2008. Maybe the President
will try to shave a few
more points for them, in
the loan reduction bill
he'll never pass.