Some Goodbyes Take Forever
January 12, 2009
Photo Credit
The Long Goodbye starring
Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe was filmed in 1973 and was directed by
Robert Altman.
The MGM release was a
screenplay by Leigh Brackett based on a Raymond Chandler novel.
The landmark election
of Barack Obama back on November 4, 2008 was actually only 69 days ago.
However, it seems like an eternity has elapsed during this run-up to Inauguration
Day on January 20th, 2009.
In actuality much has
happened in this intervening period, because the President-Elect is ahead
of schedule on getting his management team and the Cabinet named.
I cannot recall another instance when this many people were ready to go
to work on day one of a new administration.
Regardless of the near
daily press conferences that herald yet another appointment, these past
2 plus months have seemed to just drag on and on. The campaign itself
at 27 months was long enough but in some ways this waiting for the Inauguration
still feels longer.
I think what is creating
this illusion of a stalled clock is my eagerness to see the end of the
Bush administration. As I (or we) became aware of one more screw-up
by the “Bushies” it became more and more evident that their serious flawed
legacy needed to draw to a close.
For me what exacerbates
this non-ending hiatus is the fact that lately on a near daily basis Bush
and Cheney are giving some form of exit interview to another news organization.
I am so sick and tired of hearing these two pathological liars try to spin
their way into a kinder gentler version of what will be the chronicles
of their monumental ineptitude.
Bush and Cheney are so
delusional that they in all probability regard their inane utterances as
the political equivalent of a victory lap. Each interview seems as
though it was designed to be their last farewell message but in point of
fact each one has only become another episode of this “Long Goodbye”.
