My Sentiments Exactly

Michael Reynolds has a spot-on post over at The Mighty Middle. Go read the whole thing, but here's a bit of it:

"It's like the whole country is holding its breath. Waiting to see if the bird flu will be 1918 all over again, with echoes of Katrina. Waiting for another 9/11. Waiting to see whether Plamegate becomes another Watergate, with Cheney as Agnew and Bush wandering the White House talking to portraits. Waiting to see if Iraq is another Vietnam. Holding our collective breath, waiting to see whether we're in some Twilight Zone of political reruns. ...

Anticipation can be fun. This doesn't feel fun."