The Laughing Conservative does not have a superstitious disposition, and when he first heard mention of The Curse of Obama's Grasp, he dismissed it as fanciful. But recent events have given him pause: Take Vladimir Putin, his hand firmly grasped by Obama [above]. Is it just co-incidence that a mere two years after this, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow to dispute the validity of Putin's election win?
Then there's Jon Corzine, leading Obama fundraiser, now under scrutiny after a billion or so apparently vanished from MF Global, the collapsed brokerage Corzine headed. His hand must have frequently been grasped by Obama. Co-incidence, maybe. But has misfortune befallen others who have been grasped by the Obama hand? The Laughing Conservative has unleashed his reportorial hounds to sniff out more evidence of the Curse. Watch this blog.