Obama, satire, and stardust

By now you’ve probably all heard about and read, the satirical article “He ventured forth to bring light into the world” from Gerard Baker at The Times. It’s starts out:

” And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.”

But if there was any doubt about the piece’s appropriateness or accuracy, check out another article, “He came, he saw, he sprinkled us with stardust. Even Gordon Smiled.” Stardust!?! Really!?! This one is from another British paper, The Guardian, and contains bits like the following:

“But, mainly, he simply appeared, and sprinkled that stardust. Gordon Brown could be seen beaming. In the dark. The dark of the hall of 10 Downing Street. Obama wasn’t allowed, through protocol, to grasp Mr B’s hand outside for the cameras, as he is only a presidential candidate, and it wasn’t done for John McCain’s visit. But there was an Obama arm swiftly around Gordon’s shoulders, and a (rather fluid) returning lower-back pat, before the door shut.”

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