Jon Stewart describes the sexual potency of the Obama-Cheney “duel”on the Daily Show last night : “There is one unifying thread that runs through every strata of our media, and that gives them a collective erection…conflict easily juxtaposed.”
Then this morning’s Washington Post included a classic of the genre, by Dana Milbank. The front-page teaser in the newspaper was “Ali vs. Frazier, Beltway style.” On the web, the teaser was, “The Obama-Cheney Smackdown.” And the orgasmic headline for both: “A Thrilla Near the Hilla.”
