Look! An adorable public option puppy ghost followed Obama home

We all remember the opening scenes of this movie, when Candidate Obama used the irresistible little mutt as a popularity ploy when he wanted to be president. I mean who hasn't borrowed somebody's puppy and taken it to the park to pick up chicks?

But, after the election, he shamelessly kicked it to the curb, and when he saw it's pathetic little mug in the mirror, he backed up over it for good measure. After all, it was only a cute albeit popular little doggy and people would soon forget about it. Besides, President Obama knew which side his bread was buttered on and his corporate masters wouldn't be happy to have a smelly public option mutt around the White House. So, he barely mentioned it since February, except when, on surprising occasions, people remembered the little fellow. Jesus, was it that cute?

But the public option puppy has been quietly haunting the president like a petulant ghost. Even in the steamy August that just passed, with it's angry mobs at town halls giving the impression that the puppy was losing favor, and with Sarah Palin's sticky lies seemingly turning the elderly's passions against the little guy, Obama would occasionally swear he saw the public option puppy, sometimes staring in from outside the Oval Office, motionless on it's haunches in the shade of a tree, or sometimes in a polling article of the newspaper, or he'd even hear it's darling little whimper over the radio airwaves. But in such moments, the president would close his eyes and stick his fingers in his ample ears, confident that the apparition would disappear of its own accord.

But when it didn't, Obama, like the lead role in a horror movie, decided to take this puppy ghost head on. He wasn't going to let some stupid puppy threaten his cozy relationship with the moneyed elite. Obama started to talk badly about the puppy within earshot, saying that it wasn't that important and that we could get along without it, in hopes that the puppy would realize it wasn't wanted and go home. And now as Obama's horror flick reaches it's climax, he has been overheard thinking of ways to kill the puppy ghost, without making it look like he didn't want it in the first place. But everyone knows you can't kill a ghost.

The last few mornings, Obama has opened his eyes from sleep with the dog squarely sitting on his chest, slobbering on his face. On top of that, eighty plus members of Congress have vowed not to cooperate with the president until they see that dog again. And here's the thing...

The American people still, despite Obama's deliberate silence in the face of months of unabated slander against it, remember and want to see that puppy. A CNN poll, carried out in the waning days of August, had 55% of Americans demanding to see that public option puppy. That's with a minority of town hall puppy haters being portrayed as a majority by the corporate media, and with no strong voices of support, aside from Howard Dean, a well-known animal lover.

Obama has to be wondering what would happen if he picked up the puppy and strongly supported it with no reservations, just like he did in the early days. Why, it would make him so popular, he might just be able to throw off the shackles of his corporate overlords.

If he keeps running from this ghost in fear, we know how this movie ends.

Might as well put out a bowl of milk, 'cuz this puppy ain't goin' anywhere.