[lbo-talk] rats deserting ship?

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Boston Globe - April 29, 2005
>
>... Free-market activist Stephen Moore, who in January felt ''the stars 
>were aligned" for Congress to adopt private accounts, now says the ''window 
>has slammed shut."

Sinking ships, aligned stars, slamming windows -- well, one more metaphor 
can't hurt.  It's time for the Republicans to (in the words of WC Fields) 
take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

Carl