Every time I've worked on a flop TV show — and I've had ample experience at that, thank you — there comes a moment when you know it's over. And then there comes a moment when you know it's really over. And then there comes a moment when you know it's really, really over.
The last of these stages is usually denoted by some person — the last guy you'd figure to do this, the guy who always thought we had a hit — going around, telling everyone, "I never thought this would work." It meant that things were going so badly that even he was trying to distance himself from the show…trying to make people think it was someone else who thought it was a great idea.
Odd how I was reminded of that this morning when I read that Henry Kissinger is saying that in his opinion, a military victory in Iraq is no longer possible.
Looks like it's really, really over. Which, alas, doesn't mean they're going to stop dying over there.