A familiar metaphor

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Robert Ringer, in an op-ed titled "Wile E. Obama vs. Road Runner Beck" uses a metaphor which we find familiar:

Remember how BHO got down in the mud with Sarah Palin almost immediately after she was announced as John McCain's running mate? It took a good week before his handlers got him to settle down and realize that he was running against McCain, not Palin.

Slow learner as he may be, to his credit, BHO finally demonstrated the self-discipline to ignore the dynamic and magnetic governor of Alaska and refocus on his hapless presidential opponent, John McCain.

Nevertheless, his childish bickering with a beautiful, charismatic woman whose political experience dwarfed the darling of community organizers reminded me of Wile E. Coyote and his eternal nemesis, Road Runner. And after eight months in office, it's clear that BHO is still susceptible to falling into the Palin Trap – not necessarily with Sarah Palin, but with anyone who annoys him.

Nary a day goes by when he does not lash out at his enemies in his trademark crybaby style. And when it results in a drop in his poll numbers, you can almost hear the words "Beep! Beep!" in the air. Now, BHO is caught in the Palin Trap once again, fighting a war he cannot win – a war with Fox News, the most influential media outlet on the planet.

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Would BHO survive a Chris Wallace or Bill O'Reilly interview? It depends upon how intent they would be on insisting that he answer their questions in a no-spin manner. But, either way, it would not spare BHO from the biggest Palin Trap of all – the progressives' worst nightmare – an ex-alcoholic, ex-drug addict, ex-financial failure, ex-rodeo clown and current Road Runner Supreme, Glenn Beck.

Yes, we've been there, only with Sarah Palin as the roadrunner and the ACRID bloggers all as Wyle E. Coyote clones, in a post from early in August. Like all of Wyle E's stunts, the one the ACRID bloggers pulled which resulted in Sarah Palin resigning from her position as governor of Alaska boomeranged on the critters, as she is on a heck of a winning streak. Palin delivered a well-received (and well-paying) foreign policy address in Asia, co-wrote a book and is now enjoying the satisfaction of having watched as in less than 48 hours, it raced to the top of the bestseller charts. The initial run of 1.5 million copies hasn't even gone to the printers yet!

The metaphor works well for a variety of scenarios, but there's one constant -- the scheming Leftists always seem to fit the crash-and-burn Wyle E. Coyote profile.

- JP