Andrew Sullivan is fighting a
germ insurgency. I’m stunned by the lack of pre-infection
planning that has resulted in this quagmire. Though we may still
win thanks to the bravery of the common white blood cell, it
sometimes seems unlikely. The shocking revelations about abuse of
imprisoned germs were particularly disheartening. Ultimately
Sullivan’s cold and flu medicine must be held accountable for its
failure. That means drinking swampwater instead of medicine.
Swampwater has struck a somewhat more gay-friendly political
posture than medicine, but the suggestion that support for
swampwater over medicine is about homosexuality, and not about the
war on germs and other issues, is an
unanswerable smear.
(Disclaimer for the humor-impaired: I hope Andrew
feels better soon, and am not actually suggesting that he ought to
drink swampwater.)