Our view: Mayor Rybak makes his pitch for Obama
October 25, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
In sizing up the presidential vote next month, R.T. Rybak, the mayor of Minneapolis and a rising star nationally for the Democrats, conjures up an image of the Titanic. This would be right after it hit the iceberg but before it succumbed to the frigid waters.
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Titanic = Obama administration
Lifeboats = Voters heading for change
Today is Free Correction Friday, so no need to thank me.
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So in Dan’s world, before the Titanic hit the iceberg everything was just great. The rich folks were dining well and enjoying wonderful service while the working folks were kept below decks locked in the bowls of the ship. The rich were fat and happy and enjoying the excesses that their wealth provided. There was no problem at all, no wars on credit cards, no outrageous wealth disparity, no cut backs on essential services, it was all a great party. Then some stupid captain, seemingly on purpose, ran the ship into an iceberg.
Those that were able to get into lifeboats were the 1%ers while the working class went down with the ship, as it should be in Dan’s world.
Its free analogy Friday, take your pick.
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I’ll stay with Obama’s proven hand at the ships wheel. I don’t need Romney setting a course for another Middle East invasion.
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