Nice Job, You Big, Fat, Drunken, Murdering Idiot
Filed under: US Elections
According to our poll, Publius Pundit readers feel that Hillary Clinton is a much softer target for John McCain than Barack Obama, so they should be delighted with last night's "Super Tuesday" primary election returns.
Most of all, they should thank that big, fat, murdering slob Teddy Kennedy, whose endorsement of Obama delivered his home state of Massachusetts to Clinton in a big way. Clinton didn't merely win in the People's Republic, she crushed Kennedy's darling 56-41. Attaboy, Tedster!
Nine other major states were in play last night, and Clinton also won the giants of New York and California by decisive margins, as well as picking up New Jersey and Tennessee. Obama's only significant prize was his home state of Illinois, though he also won Colorado, Georgia, Minnesota and Missouri. Remember that Minnesota was the only state in the union to vote against Ronald Reagan in 1984 and later elected professional wrestler Jesse "the Body" Ventura to be its governor, and you'll have some idea of the significance of this accomplishment.
On the Republican side, John McCain cruised to an overwhelming victory, winning New York, California, and Illinois -- leaving his rivals with table scraps and taking more than twice as many delegates as Mitt Romney (who Minnesota also liked). Huckabee did show strength in the South, giving McCain a necessary reminder that he needs to find a youthful, conservative running mate, preferably from the South, to maximize his general election clout. Any suggestions, readers?
Hillary Clinton may very well be the worst possible candidate that the Dumbocrats could run against McCain (think Mondale, Dukakis, McGovern -- they've got a knack for finding them). He's got the experience, she lacks it. He can cut into her support, she will drive conservatives to him no matter how much dislike they may have for him, because they hate her far more. I couldn't be more delighted or hopeful for changes in America's Russia policy, having been on McCain's bandwagon when there wasn't one.
Go, McCain, go!
Russia must be feeling a bit queasy right about now. It looks more and more like a McCain-Clinton race. That means either a candidate who looked into Putin's eyes and saw only three letters, K-G-B, or a candidate who looked into his eyes and saw that he had no soul. The Moscow Times quoted McCain: "I was in a conference in Germany over the weekend, and President Putin of Germany gave one of the old Cold War-style speeches. [W]e in the West must pursue cooperation with Moscow where we can. But too many believe that we can define an agenda of cooperation that is divorced from the nature of the Russian regime and its actions against its own citizens." It quoted Clinton: "[Putin] has suppressed many of the freedoms won after the fall of communism, created a new class of oligarchs, and interfered deeply in the internal affairs of former Soviet republics."
Ouch. Your time is coming, Mr. Putin, and it's coming fast.
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