"Not to mention that it really is crowded in the special envoy hallways at the State Department, what with Mr. Mitchell, the Kobe Bryant of Northern Ireland diplomacy, and Mr. Holbrooke, the Michael Jordan of global diplomacy, already parked there."
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NY Times, “In a Staff Shuffle, Signs of Obama’s Direction on Mideast”
Hey, NY Times, what’s with the basketball-player analogies? More to the point: what’s with the shitty basketball-player analogies?