Good letter today in the Courier Times from John Marchioni of Upper Makefield, PA…The feel-good news story of the year: young Jason McElwain, the autistic high school basketball player from New York State comes off the bench to make basket after basket to rally his team to a spectacular victory. The stands empty of fans as they rush to congratulate him. Even President Bush rushes to New York to praise young Jason, telling reporters, “I watched him on T.V. and I wept.”It was 59, actually, or possibly more (doesn’t make it any less pathetic, though; more so if anything).
Imagine – America’s most notable chickenhawk president, who lied about the reasons for invading Iraq and is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 30,000 innocent Iraqis and over 2,000 brave, duty-bound American soldiers killed and thousands wounded; a president who turns a blind eye to the thousands of illegal immigrants crossing our open borders and the illegal employers who exploit them; who ignores the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs to China and India and other countries. A president who cuts funds for America’s infrastructure (bridges, borders, ports and levees come to mind) and has a staggering deficit and obscene trade imbalance, borrowing from foreign governments. No national health care plan. Tax credits for his oil baron buddies. The list goes on.
Yet the President and a misty-eyed Laura still find time to trek to New York to give Jason some love. I suppose the 50 million citizens who voted for him are feeling the rapture.
By the way, this story was the basis for the only funny moment on "Real Time" last week. Even though Jason Alexander is scheduled to appear tonight, I'm blowing it off. I'll catch the next episode.
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