The McChrystal Drama. (Beats Shark Attacks)

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No good juice out of yesterday’s elections? The World Cup not enough excitement for the beltway crowd?

As the (drama-starved cable and punditry) world waits with baited breath (yeah, it’s officially summer) for the verdict on Obama – McChrystal, doesn’t this pic of Stanley arriving at the White House for his fate to be meted out have a bit of a penitentiary feel?

(caption: General Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House in Washington June 23, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama will confront McChrystal, his top Afghanistan commander, before deciding whether to fire him over inflammatory comments that have angered the White House and threaten to undermine the war effort.)