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Still Riding the Barrytrain
Although I’m disappointed in New York City and specifically Brooklyn for not giving Barack Obama any majorities, I am pleased with his progress across the country. Up until about three weeks ago, it was assumed HRC would be crowned the winner tonight. In fact, it’s widely known her entire campaign strategy had been designed around that presumption.
But the beat goes on.
The exit polling suggests that Barry’s weakness is with Latino voters. I don’t know or understand why he is missing out on these voters but I trust his campaign will learn from these mistakes and adjust before the primary in Texas on March 4. It’s looking like Texas and Ohio could be the king makers.
Regardless of the outcome, I thought Obama volunteers did a great job here in the city. And in my neighborhood, the always charming Loisaida, I did see at least one sign of guerrilla warfare. Maybe Barry didn’t do as well in New York because everyone was looking for Borakk on the ballot.
Inevitabilty Is For Losers
Even though I didn’t plan to root for the Giants after knocking the Cowboys out in the playoffs, the Patriots made it easy to do so. Other than the “underdog” effect, I felt it was imperative to send these pre-Madonna motherfuckers back to Foxboro with an otherwise insignificant record.
Was that really the best quarterback ever to play the game getting knocked down 18 times? Hardly. Having to live in their television market, not to mention their persistently hyped coverage, I watched them win too many of their games by shear luck or by the 4th quarter dysfunction of the opposing team. It was almost as if nobody watched the squeeker in which the Patriots almost lost to the Baltimore Ravens, one of the worst teams in the NFL.
Other than the late miracle play by Eli Manning in the 4th quarter, what made the Patriots loss so enjoyable was the intravenous therapy of inevitability forced on football fans for the past several weeks. It’s also great to see bad sportsman lose and there is no better example than Bill Belichick. Other than the fact that he is a cheat, his low-class move to storm the field to get the congratulating out of the way so he can catch the private jet waiting on the team was the perfect example of his pompous, fuck-you-I’ve-won-three-Super-Bowl’s attitude. Of course the media didn’t even think to ask him about it in the postgame conference which is ironic considering the flack Randy Moss caught for the same stunt against the Redskins two years ago.
In the wake of this amazing win by Eli Manning and the Giants, I can’t help but be reminded of another contest: Super Tuesday. Here you have one contestant, often referred to as the Inevitable One as well as a newcomer on the field who, while he doesn’t have a lot of experience, might just be the one to win a championship.
Tomorrow, Barack Obama will hold a rally in the IZOD Center at the Meadowlands, stationed next door to Giants Stadium. Considering this event was planned well before the Giants win tonight, I can’t help but think this is a good omen for Barry on Super Tuesday.
JFK > BHO
Today, the leading authorities on the Kennedy family – the Kennedy family – endorse Barack Obama and compare him to JFK. Also, in the department of uncanny timing, is a story in the Guardian about another link Obama has to JFK.
JFK, while a US Senator from Massachusetts, funded a program using a grant from his family for Kenya to send Kenyan students to US colleges. Apparently, this was common practice for the United States and developing countries during the Cold War against the Soviet Union. And as fate would have it, one of the first students sent over was Barack Obama, Sr. who would marry a white Kansas girl named Ann Dunham while at University of Hawaii.
It’s like, prophecy, man. What is not to like about this guy? Seriously, people. Obama 08. Or, Barry 08 if that sounds better to you.
I was just listening to Led Zeppelin - Thank You
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