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Nov. 10th, 2007
Got my political-junkie hat on!
Nov. 10th, 2007 11:41 pmJust got done watching the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (Democratic fundraiser for the Iowa caucuses).
Most of the major Democratic candidates spoke. I'm not in a hurry to forgive them for excluding Kucinich.
I did like the way Nancy Pelosi introduced every one of them as "the next President of the United States."
( My thoughts on the Presidential race. Let me show you them. )
Note to other-than-Americans, you lucky bastards: this is a form of madness that afflicts us every four years, but it started in this case about a year and a half ago, because (a) there's no incumbent, and that hasn't happened in decades (vice-presidents have traditionally run when it's "their turn"), (b) by now, the current president has an approval rating roughly equal to that of virulent necrotic athlete's foot, and (c) punditry is one of the few American professions that's acquired new jobs and prosperity in the last 7 years. They've gotta justify it somehow, and they do it by acting like racetrack handicappers. Early and often.
Most of the major Democratic candidates spoke. I'm not in a hurry to forgive them for excluding Kucinich.
I did like the way Nancy Pelosi introduced every one of them as "the next President of the United States."
( My thoughts on the Presidential race. Let me show you them. )
Note to other-than-Americans, you lucky bastards: this is a form of madness that afflicts us every four years, but it started in this case about a year and a half ago, because (a) there's no incumbent, and that hasn't happened in decades (vice-presidents have traditionally run when it's "their turn"), (b) by now, the current president has an approval rating roughly equal to that of virulent necrotic athlete's foot, and (c) punditry is one of the few American professions that's acquired new jobs and prosperity in the last 7 years. They've gotta justify it somehow, and they do it by acting like racetrack handicappers. Early and often.
Got my political-junkie hat on!
Nov. 10th, 2007 11:41 pmJust got done watching the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (Democratic fundraiser for the Iowa caucuses).
Most of the major Democratic candidates spoke. I'm not in a hurry to forgive them for excluding Kucinich.
I did like the way Nancy Pelosi introduced every one of them as "the next President of the United States."
( My thoughts on the Presidential race. Let me show you them. )
Note to other-than-Americans, you lucky bastards: this is a form of madness that afflicts us every four years, but it started in this case about a year and a half ago, because (a) there's no incumbent, and that hasn't happened in decades (vice-presidents have traditionally run when it's "their turn"), (b) by now, the current president has an approval rating roughly equal to that of virulent necrotic athlete's foot, and (c) punditry is one of the few American professions that's acquired new jobs and prosperity in the last 7 years. They've gotta justify it somehow, and they do it by acting like racetrack handicappers. Early and often.
Most of the major Democratic candidates spoke. I'm not in a hurry to forgive them for excluding Kucinich.
I did like the way Nancy Pelosi introduced every one of them as "the next President of the United States."
( My thoughts on the Presidential race. Let me show you them. )
Note to other-than-Americans, you lucky bastards: this is a form of madness that afflicts us every four years, but it started in this case about a year and a half ago, because (a) there's no incumbent, and that hasn't happened in decades (vice-presidents have traditionally run when it's "their turn"), (b) by now, the current president has an approval rating roughly equal to that of virulent necrotic athlete's foot, and (c) punditry is one of the few American professions that's acquired new jobs and prosperity in the last 7 years. They've gotta justify it somehow, and they do it by acting like racetrack handicappers. Early and often.