It warms the heart, don't it?
It's the Big-Five-Oh for The Beloved Leader, and he never fails to celebrate the really big occasions, like putting the country as much in debt as it produces, with more of the same baked into the projections for years to come--and that's after The Deal, which simply slowed the speed of the runaway truck of our culture headed off the cliff. It'll be comforting to know that we're only going over the edge at 60 mph as opposed to 62 mph, dont'cha-know!
He did look in good form last night, did he not, with that winning smile and the young lady in her LittleBlackDress who breathlessly let The One just how much she admired Him. Betcha MizzMichelle loved that moment! Rather like Miss Monroe singing that memorable version of 'Happy Birthday' to JFK all those years ago...
After all, to have achieved a life goal of crashing a culture by age fifty, it's no small thing. And to hear a room full of donors cheering you for the occasion, well, that's just icing on the ole' birthday cake...
As OS hits 'publish', the Dow's down about 300, S&P down about 35, gold up about 7.
Happy birthday, Mr. President!