Commander Barack

Timothy Birdnow

This fits Barack Obama perfectly:

- The World of Commander McBragg

This is the World of Commander McBragg
Your hair will curl in the World of McBragg.
He fights monsters galore
And then asks for still more
Or so says the brag of McBragg.

When on the hill the marines plant a flag
They may be led by Commander McBragg.
With a cannon in hand
He can beat any band
Or so says the brag of McBragg.

Fencing and fighting and round table knighting
And slaying of dragons, too.
Shipping and sailing and great harpoon whaling
There's nothing McBragg can't do.
Hunting and trapping and gold miner mapping
And flying to Timbuktu.
Roping and riding and Indian guiding
Commander McBragg comes through.

This is the World of Commander McBragg
Your head will whirl in the World of McBragg.
He can do anything
In his world he's a king
Or so says the brag of McBragg.

End

This was the theme song to Commander McBragg, a cartoon from the old days. It was with the old Tennessee Tuxedo, Jay Ward's (of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) Hoppity Hooper, and other cartoons from around 1963. Commander McBragg was a stuffed shirt Englishman with shaggy eyebrows who harangued a poor member of his gentleman's club with tall tales of his derring-do. He generally performed superhuman feats.

The show always opened with a spinning globe and McBragg, pipe in mouth, forcing an unwilling man to listen to his ridiculous boasting.

After Bambi's "most courageous decision of any president ever" assassination of Osama Bin-Laden, we have been treated to braggadoccia that makes McBragg pale in comparison. Maybe we should start calling him Commander Barack?