moveon.org<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> as a good place to seek wisdom.<\/P>
\nWashburn quoted a message from a California lemming asking Santa to clear up his confusion
\nabout der Gropenfuhrer, for whom he’d voted. Since his election, the Grope has broken
\nvarious promises, the lemming wrote, and “now he says it’s time to ‘move on.’ I remember the
\npresident ‘moved on’ from lying about the war, and from not really being elected, and from ever
\nfinding the staffer who outed the CIA agent, and from a bunch of other zany confusing stuff.
\nMoving on really seemed to settle his hash. <\/P>
\n
“Am I getting this right, that moving on is good to do, like if I hit your car and you’re
\nbleeding on the dash and not looking so good, I can just ‘move on’ and everything’s okay?” the
\ndisillusioned lemming asked. “Is ‘moving on’ different from ‘getting a move on’ or ‘busting a
\nmove’? If there’s a book, with pictures, that shows me how to move on, that’s what I’d like,
\nSanta.” And he signed the message: “I Can’t Tell You My Name Because the Nametag’s Upside
\nDown.” <\/P>
\n
Santa’s reply, as noted, was: “Dear Upside Down: There’s no such book, but looking in my
\ncrystal ball I see there’s a website called MoveOn.org. Maybe it can help you to understand
\nthings.”<\/P>
\n
Some Americans would object that Santa’s response was partisan and therefore divisive,
\nwhich is unworthy of a saint. But others would defend Saint Nick’s right to preach against
\nRepublicans, especially against der Gropenfuhrer and the Maximum Leader. That’s the
\ndifference between democracy and theocracy, even for citizens who pledge allegiance to “one
\nnation under God.”<\/P>
\n
Washburn doesn’t just stick to politics. He spreads his wisdom around. Here he is on Internet telecommunications consumer blight<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>. For
\nmore of the political wisdom he and Santa recommend, however, tune in tonight to the live
\nWebcast of “Bush in 30 Seconds,” to be
\n<\/EM><\/FONT>linked here<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> at 7:30 p.m. ET from the
\nHammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The winners will be posted
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