He's not going to Disney World yet
The Vampire (John Kerry) keeps sucking more lifeblood (votes) from his competition and continues to gain momentum. Dorian Gray (John Edwards) took South Carolina and General Flip-Flop (Wesley Clark) took Oklahoma, while The Vampire took the other five. Howard Dean took a fat load of nothing which, using Joe Lieberman mathematics, qualifies as a tie for first.
"For the second time in a few days, a New England patriot has won on the road," Kerry told his supporters. He conveniently forgot that New England Patriot, Tom Brady, was a guest of the White House at the State of the Union. Tom Brady has also been to Disney World. Perhaps Disney could pull the Disney World marketing scheme at the Democratic National Convention, where the winner screams "I'm going to Disney World!" for the commercial. Also, an election is all about winning on the road: if Kerry only won at home, he probably would have quit by the time Massachusetts votes in the primaries (Super Tuesday, March 2).
Dorian Gray continues to be a formidable challenger. Verbal Jazz admits to being most impressed with his speaking style and refusal to use a podium. Dorian Gray comes off more like a motivational speaker (think Tom Cruise in "Magnolia").
General Flip-Flop gets to hang around for more after eking out a win in Oklahoma.
Am I disappointed? Yes...er, no...
Joe Lieberman decided to forego his "Joe-mentum" and will no longer seek the presidency. Verbal Jazz would note that Lieberman was not so much seeking the presidency as he was seeking to be a footnote in history. The non-endorsement by former running mate Al Gore must have really stung.
To add injury to insult: Lieberman was focusing on winning Delaware in which a total of 33,000 votes were cast. Delaware? Delaware is the kind of place that you move to if your job requires it, not where you pin the hopes of a political career.
Slate has a wonderful "Joebituary" of the Liberman campaign.
Survey reveals that most people associate "Dean" with a "College or University Administrator" not a Presidential Candidate:
Howard Dean virtually, well, actually, ignored the states that were holding primaries yesterday focusing on Washington, Michigan and Maine this weekend. Verbal Jazz would note that by refusing to campaign you take yourself out of the news and allow your opponents to gain some momentum. So very Rock n' Roll: screw the establishment and set your own course of action. Wouldn't you rather hang out in Seattle than Dover, Delaware?
Verbal Jazz has heard and read far too many comparisons between the dot-com bubble (quick, give Verbal Jazz money, I have a dot-com which will generate revenue at some point!) and the Dean campaign (quick! Give us money! Our anger at the Bush administration will bring us victory!).
Verbal Jazz had a very postmodern moment while listening to NPR last night. One of the commentators said: "I wouldn't have believed you if you told me three weeks ago that we would be sitting here and not talking about Howard Dean, but here we are not talking about Howard Dean." Yet, at that moment, they were talking about Howard Dean.
Speaking of Gore endorsements, it seems his man, Howard Dean, has watched his campaign falter. Perhaps the Democrats should hope for Gore to actually endorse Bush, or they could put him to work on "Earth in the Balance II" set to star Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, inspired by Gore himself.
Is that an unfounded rape charge in your pocket or do you really want to unite people?
Verbal Jazz has heard and/or read of at least two comparisons between the campaigns of Reverend Al Sharpton and, in the 1980s, Reverend Jesse Jackson. Back in the 80s, African-American voters voted for Jackson, while Sharpton's non-delegate producing 10% output in South Carolina shows that African-American voters were not looking to RevAl to be the standard bearer in 2004. Let's put this into some perspective: RevAl has Tawana Brawley in his past and he never took the Presidential race seriously. The Sharpton campaign was more about getting himself on a stage than it was to bring about any social or political change.
Kucinich-ich-ich-ich...
The Mad Vegan Elf (Kucinich) is running a campaign in an echo chamber. Is there any excuse for having his name on the ballot anymore?
What does it all mean?
It all means that there are more primaries to go and that there is absolutely no outside chance of having to suffer through a Gephardt-Bush debate or a Lieberman-Bush debate.
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The Vampire (John Kerry) keeps sucking more lifeblood (votes) from his competition and continues to gain momentum. Dorian Gray (John Edwards) took South Carolina and General Flip-Flop (Wesley Clark) took Oklahoma, while The Vampire took the other five. Howard Dean took a fat load of nothing which, using Joe Lieberman mathematics, qualifies as a tie for first.
"For the second time in a few days, a New England patriot has won on the road," Kerry told his supporters. He conveniently forgot that New England Patriot, Tom Brady, was a guest of the White House at the State of the Union. Tom Brady has also been to Disney World. Perhaps Disney could pull the Disney World marketing scheme at the Democratic National Convention, where the winner screams "I'm going to Disney World!" for the commercial. Also, an election is all about winning on the road: if Kerry only won at home, he probably would have quit by the time Massachusetts votes in the primaries (Super Tuesday, March 2).
Dorian Gray continues to be a formidable challenger. Verbal Jazz admits to being most impressed with his speaking style and refusal to use a podium. Dorian Gray comes off more like a motivational speaker (think Tom Cruise in "Magnolia").
General Flip-Flop gets to hang around for more after eking out a win in Oklahoma.
Am I disappointed? Yes...er, no...
Joe Lieberman decided to forego his "Joe-mentum" and will no longer seek the presidency. Verbal Jazz would note that Lieberman was not so much seeking the presidency as he was seeking to be a footnote in history. The non-endorsement by former running mate Al Gore must have really stung.
To add injury to insult: Lieberman was focusing on winning Delaware in which a total of 33,000 votes were cast. Delaware? Delaware is the kind of place that you move to if your job requires it, not where you pin the hopes of a political career.
Slate has a wonderful "Joebituary" of the Liberman campaign.
Survey reveals that most people associate "Dean" with a "College or University Administrator" not a Presidential Candidate:
Howard Dean virtually, well, actually, ignored the states that were holding primaries yesterday focusing on Washington, Michigan and Maine this weekend. Verbal Jazz would note that by refusing to campaign you take yourself out of the news and allow your opponents to gain some momentum. So very Rock n' Roll: screw the establishment and set your own course of action. Wouldn't you rather hang out in Seattle than Dover, Delaware?
Verbal Jazz has heard and read far too many comparisons between the dot-com bubble (quick, give Verbal Jazz money, I have a dot-com which will generate revenue at some point!) and the Dean campaign (quick! Give us money! Our anger at the Bush administration will bring us victory!).
Verbal Jazz had a very postmodern moment while listening to NPR last night. One of the commentators said: "I wouldn't have believed you if you told me three weeks ago that we would be sitting here and not talking about Howard Dean, but here we are not talking about Howard Dean." Yet, at that moment, they were talking about Howard Dean.
Speaking of Gore endorsements, it seems his man, Howard Dean, has watched his campaign falter. Perhaps the Democrats should hope for Gore to actually endorse Bush, or they could put him to work on "Earth in the Balance II" set to star Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, inspired by Gore himself.
Is that an unfounded rape charge in your pocket or do you really want to unite people?
Verbal Jazz has heard and/or read of at least two comparisons between the campaigns of Reverend Al Sharpton and, in the 1980s, Reverend Jesse Jackson. Back in the 80s, African-American voters voted for Jackson, while Sharpton's non-delegate producing 10% output in South Carolina shows that African-American voters were not looking to RevAl to be the standard bearer in 2004. Let's put this into some perspective: RevAl has Tawana Brawley in his past and he never took the Presidential race seriously. The Sharpton campaign was more about getting himself on a stage than it was to bring about any social or political change.
Kucinich-ich-ich-ich...
The Mad Vegan Elf (Kucinich) is running a campaign in an echo chamber. Is there any excuse for having his name on the ballot anymore?
What does it all mean?
It all means that there are more primaries to go and that there is absolutely no outside chance of having to suffer through a Gephardt-Bush debate or a Lieberman-Bush debate.
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