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August 12, 2003
A quick check of the score
We have a number of warm fuzzy American thoughts to share with you all, which come more of a surprise to ourselves than anyone else. However, because it's after midnight and The Dude is passed out in the living room and will soon wake up grumpily grumbling that we should have all gone to bed hours ago, we'll just give this quick update on the '04 primary question, because we are all* in a quandry now aren't we.
C-Span is currently replaying a town meeting of the Democratic candidates from this evening, hosted by the Sheet Metal Workers International Union. With a few exceptions, they are doing their best to give fodder to SNL. Al Sharpton just got a big rousing hoot and holler, and we do like his style, but he is Al Sharpton. Carol Moseley Braun is stealing other people's ideas and twittering her eyelashes just a smige too much. We love the idea of her, but the reality of her is proving to be just silly. Dick Gephart is sounding like a Democratic action figure. Oo, news flash, Joe Frasier (Frazer? Sorry, we're sub-par boxing fans) just showed up. We don't think he's running for president, though. Dennis Kucinich is acting like Ralph Nader's chihuahua which he took out for a walk and is alternating between running off to pull the full length of the rope and running the leash in circles around Nader's legs. John Kerry is being his toothy, non-committal self. Johnny, we were really all set to pull for you, you are so tall and dimply and local, but your slavery to the polls has been a real turn-off. Lieberman is sliding down the center fall-line just a little too perfectly for our taste. In fact now he's talking about how the war was just because it was decisive, and quoting Corinthians. Howard Dean is sitting comfortably in his chair, giving clear, un-screamy, substantive answers. Ding ding ding -- 25 points in this round to the Governor of the Great State of Vermont. But it is, afterall, only the season opener. And gimme an 'M' for mixing our sports metaphors.
*Of course by "we are all," I refer to those of us who are strenuously preoccupied with purging the incumbent. Most of our readers whom we can positively ID fit into that category, which is why we feel comfortable addressing them directly, but we certainly hope there are more readers than we can positively ID, because it is the freaking internet for cripes sake. What were we saying? Oh yeah, some of our best friends are Republicans, really.
Posted by The Twins at August 12, 2003 12:44 AM
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