Hillary wins big (in West Virginia)

Airline pilot forces man to
sit on toilet for three hours;
he sues for two million.

As predicted, Hillary Clinton won West Virginia, big! Some will say she won the “stupid vote.” I don’t know exactly just what to think. It’s true that 65% of voters in West Virginia fall under her category of hard-working white voters with less education. It’s also true there are lots of older people in West Virginia. It is probably true there are quite a few racists. All of these voters would certainly tend to favor Clinton. But the fact that she won by such a large margin seems to tell us something else, but I don’t know what. It certainly doesn’t tell us she is going to go on to win the nomination. Even with such a big win she would still have to get all of Michigan votes counted for her (impossible, I think), would have to win all of the remaining races, and would have to somehow recapture a bunch of superdelegates (which seems highly unlikely). So are West Virginia voters stupid, out-of-touch, or just more astute that the rest of us? Hopefully the analyses will give us a hint.

The really big news today, however, is that John Conyers sent a letter to President Bush warning him that if he attacks another country without Congressional authorization he will be impeached. This should have happened earlier but at least it has now happened and the line has been drawn. Frankly, I should think that if Bush/Cheney attacked Iran now, under the present circumstances, it would be an act of utter madness. But given their past record I guess nothing can be taken for granted.

General Betrayus, who failed to train the Iraqis to “stand up” so we can “stand down,” and who also failed with the so-called “surge,” and who repeatedly lied to Congress on behalf of Bush/Cheney, and who was described by his predecessor, General Fallon, as a true “ass-kisser,” has been promoted. He is now in charge of the entire Middle East. Some see this as a prelude to war with Iran. Perhaps Conyer’s letter may dampen their enthusiasm for such an absurd new war crime. Perhaps. I wonder when Bush will award a Congressional Medal to Dick the Slimy, he is far more undeserving than any of Bush’s previous medal winners.

Terry McCauliffe must have been a cheerleader when he was younger. He has all the enthusiasm of a young puppy, but unfortunately he also seems to have the brain of one. Remember before North Carolina and Indiana he predicted that Hillary would win both contests. She lost badly in North Carolina and barely squeaked out a victory in Indiana, almost certainly because of some Republican crossover votes motivated by Rush Limbaugh to vote for Clinton, for reasons that I do not think are as obvious as they have been portrayed. After this victory in West Virginia, McCauliffe already has her in the White House, predicting that she will win all the remaining contests, the superdelegates will flock to her, the Whoopee fairies will descend from the heavens to anoint her, and etc. Both Hillary and Terry keep insisting she still has a chance, and of course she does, about the same chance she has of being struck by lightning while riding sidesaddle on her Fairy Godmother’s white horse. But I guess a chance is better than no chance. I do not want to wish her good luck. She should have dropped out long ago.

LKBIQ:
“You can’t say that civilization don’t advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.”
Will Rogers