Bush with Big Hair

Garrison Keillor weighs in:

So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out the back door and circled around to the front and started yelling, "Throw the bums out!" They've been running Washington like a well-oiled machine to the point of inviting lobbyists into the back rooms to write the legislation, and now they are anti-establishment reformers dedicated to delivering us from themselves.

It is a bold move on the Republicans' part -- forget about the past, it's only history, so write a new narrative and be who you want to be -- and if they succeed, I think I might declare myself a 24-year-old virgin named Lance and see what that might lead to. Paste a new face on my Facebook page, maybe become the Dauphin Louie the Thirty-Second, the rightful heir to the Throne of France, put on silk tights and pantaloons and a plumed hat and go on the sawdust circuit and sell souvenir hankies imprinted with the royal fleur-de-lis.

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Lake Wobegon for Obama

Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president. The best-selling author and humorist wrote the following in a letter to Obama:

"I'm happy to support your candidacy, which is so full of promise for our country. Seven years of a failed presidency is a depressing thing, and the country is pressing for a change and looking for someone with clear vision who is determined to break through the rhetorical logjam and find sensible ways to move our country forward. That's you, friend."

"And of course it will be exciting to have a president who can speak with grace and power to the American people. Seeing you and your family in front of the U.S. Capitol next January is a happy prospect that would bring an end to a long sour chapter in our history."

Obama addressed a crowd of nearly 20,000 at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday, proclaiming "I've been entertained and inspired by Garrison Keillor's work through the years. As president, I will wake up every day thinking about how I can help make life better in places like Lake Wobegon all across the country."