"The one thing Americans want"

A Cranky Old Man running for President was briefly interrupted during a speech today by a trio of protesters concerned with the ongoing expensive and horrific bloodshed in Iraq. One could say that the protesters were being a little silly since anyone seeking clarity from the Cranky Old Man on the continuing expensive and horrific bloodshed has embarked on something of a quixotic quest in the first place.

So far, the Cranky Old Man has promised to allow the expensive and horrific bloodshed to continue until it achieves "victory" which may or may not be equal to "success" and should take until about 2013 but he would be fine with it taking 100 years instead... depending on whether or not we have to go to "Plan B"

It isn't surprising, then, that the Cranky Old Man having demonstrated himself to be so thoroughly confused about the nature of the expensive and horrific bloodshed, would also have difficulty understanding how important it is to most Americans that it be brought to an end. Today, even after being confronted by three of those Americans who really really want us to end the bloodshed, the Cranky Old Man concluded that

“The one thing Americans want us to stop doing is yelling at each other. That’s the one thing they want us to stop doing.”

After the Cranky Old Man issued his End the Yelling Doctrine, the yelling potesters were removed from the lawn.