One of the best indicators of a politician -- especially a president -- reaching the point of total ridicule is when criticism makes it way into writings on pop culture. Most sportswriters, under normal circumstances, would never dream of offending millions of readers simply by dropping in a political jibe; only when a target is massively, overwhelmingly unpopular can a journalist writing about something completely separate from Washington take a gratuitous shot at the prez.
Our current president is at that point.
Reading about the absolute horrorshow that is the Michael Vick case, I come across this remark:
During the Vick controversy, [NFL Commissioner] Goodell burnished his reputation as the exception to the current trend toward unaccountability that has prospered from the Green Zone to the end zone to the foul pole by espousing old-fashioned values [...]These kind of jabs are showing up with increasing frequency. And they're well deserved.
