>a kind of Wizard
> of Oz-ish fizzy relief about George W. Bush's exit--as in Ding Dong,
> the Wicked Warlock is melting
To be replaced by the Wizard of Obama?
>Appearances are not deceiving, but extremely efficient. When Dorothy
>& Co discover The Wizard of Oz is actually an old man behind a
>curtain, they nonetheless expect him to work his magic. And so he
>does: the illusion persists. Says Zizek, 'There is something more
>real in the illusion than in the reality behind it.'
>