Obama Hires Sysiphus

I have been impressed with Barack Obama's (J.D., Harvard, 1991) management style. He seems to have been quite effective at running the logistics of a very difficult primary campaign. Today's NYT has an excellent article describing his evolving general election strategy, and revealing some of the details of how he intends to manage the coming contest.

This line, however, made me laugh:

One area in particular where Mr. Obama is adding muscle is a team that is tasked with tracking down rumors and erroneous statements circulated on the Internet.

One could hardly imagine a more appropriate modern punishment for Sysiphus.



UPDATE: Just one example will suffice. This morning, I received (from Mom, no less!) an e-mail claiming Lee Marvin fought with Captain Kangaroo on Iwo Jima, and that Mister Rogers was a hardened, tattooed vet trained to kill in hand-to-hand combat. The e-mail actually sounds convincing when you first read it, and it comes replete with photos and purported transcripts. Snopes does a good job of debunking it. Perhaps Obama should bring the Snopes folks on board . . .

The Captain:



War hero?