Obama of the North

March 3, 2008 · Lionel Chetwynd, Magazine

Chris Matthews tells us that Obama's victory speech after the Potomac primaries he felt "this thrill going up my leg." Frothing on, he invokes the last Democrat to carry Virginia, JFK. Brit Hume runs a replay of an audience member at the same speech enjoying an almost orgasmic reaction. Again,…

Dulce et Decorum Est . . .

June 3, 2002 · Lionel Chetwynd, Magazine

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA The skirl of the bagpipes, the Highland Claymore draped in Black Watch tartan, the men in kilts, all were incongruities in this San Fernando Valley Episcopal Church. May 15 had been clear and warm, the light breeze in the palm trees promising a perfect California night for…