Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Gore has spoken so now it's over?

No, Verbal Jazz was bad and did not watch the Democratic Candidate debate on TV last night. I also did not watch "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" but could possibly give you a re-cap: a reindeer with a significant genetic mutation is ridiculed by his peers and then, in a moment of need, bails out Santa's ass. Eerily reminiscent of "The Ugly Duckling." From the sound of the debate, Joe Lieberman is still stunned by the Al Gore endorsement of Howard Dean. He apparently forgot that Gore is a Democrat, while Lieberman is in name only. Gore also owed it to himself to pick a candidate who has a reasonable chance of winning the primary and Sharpton, Edwards, Mosely-Braun, Kucinich, Lieberman and Kerry don't really seem to have what it takes. Clark has been blowing it, even with significant mil cred. If Gephardt ends up with the nomination, I may have to forego voting in the 2004 election. Now the Democrats are grasping at straws, as Dean seems poised to channel the anger over the Republican inflation of government into a nomination. Edwards likened the Gore endorsement to a coronation while spewing some rhetoric about how voters make the decision, except in the Republican party, which is a coronation. Last I checked, Republicans and Democrats both go through a primary process and both apply dirty tricks (what the Bush camp did to John McCain in 2000 was low). Anyway, Gore can choose to endorse whomever he thinks is best for the party and the presidency, right? The DODs (Democrats other than Dean) don't seem to see it that way.

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