Speaker McCarthy’s D.C. “Bluto” Moment Might Affect Retail

As the federal government was grinding to a halt on Saturday, the aura of consumer confidence started to crack, and retail briefly sensed a potential economic downturn. Pundits are now working hard to re-explain the Congressional funding problem as a crisis averted, but honestly, they only need to imagine a parody screenplay with the beloved actor John Belushi when he played John Bluto Blutarsky in the 1978 American comedy “Animal House”.

In the original movie, Faber College’s Dean Wormer set his sights on closing the Delta Tau Chi fraternity and John Bluto Blutarsky was confronted with a serious life crisis (and revelation) that his fraternity days were coming to an end. Rather than accept defeat, Bluto did his best to rally his Delta fraternity brothers with a rousing staccato speech: “What? Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!” Bluto also said: “Who’s with me? Let’s go! Come on!