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12:50 PM,
Wednesday, February 6th 2008:
This
is gonna be a boring entry for anyone not
interested in politics. If that's you,
skip past the following red paragraphs and
jump onto the other stuff. ;-)
Oh and
the video is just me goofin' in my hotel
room watchin' TV and typin this entry
because it's too early for me (still on
LA time) to go to sleep. Whomever
this comedian is that I'm watching (Mike
Birbiglia, just looked it up) may think
it's really cool that some random video
shows him on in someone's hotel room.
I would certainly find that neat-o.
And the calf guy? What a fuckin' dork. He
got calf implants. Christ. Of course
I have popeye calves so I can't
say much but wow. Just... wow. Anyway onto
the fun stuff. More about Atlanta
afterwards...
So color me
shocked. I'm the worst, pundit, ever. Not only did he
compete... he actually wakes up today with more
delgates, more states and if not for absentee
balloting I believe he'd even be ahead with the
goofy super-delegates counted in. That's
unbelieveable. I think the news channels are
being understated as to not get more shit from the
Clinton camp about anti-Hillary bias, but this is
truly more than he could've hoped for. Yeah stealing
California would've been nice, but as I mentioned
before - with nearly 3 million ballots cast a month
ago, it's far from a fair assessment of his support.
Couple things that stuck out:
-He ain't
winning those states in the south in the general
election. Let's make that clear. Neither is Hillary
for that matter. People getting all excited seeing
him win Georgia, Alabama... yeah, keep dreamin'.
This will be a difficult general election for
everyone involved but the hardcore red/blue states
are gonna stay just that color. It'll come down to
the swing states as it always does - and bias
aside, I think he pulls in more independents
like me than Hillary. Warranted or not, she is
simply too divisive a figure and McCain is liberal
enough he'll pull left-leaning independents over
Hillary. Bottom line is - Mann Coulter can say
whatever she wants but when the shit comes down,
she's not voting for Hillary.
-A majority of
the Super Delegates that are being added to the
tallies now were decided before the
caucus/primaries even started. They are specific
people in the party that are allowed to change
their minds at any moment and our considered the
"Firewall" for the party if it comes down to
them. I have no problem with that as since, hey,
it's their party they should be able to choose who
they want. The only reason they even let us vote is
so they can determine how the candidate will do in
a general election. Either way, if you're rooting
for one side or the other - just forget about the
Supers right now. The chances of them going against
their own state are incredibly slim, so if Obama or
Hillary wins more pledged delegates, even if they
don't get to the magic number to be automatic,
those super-delegates are gonna push it in the way
their state voted...you hope. People will friggin'
riot if they go against the pledged delegates and
it changes the nominee in August. Anyway, for the
next couple of months, ignore all "super-delegates"
or just don't depend on them if you're a Hillary
supporter - she has to beat him in pledged
delegates or face an all out revolt like the '68
convention.
-Already
hearing the rumblings about Michigan and Florida's
delegates and it's absolute horseshit. This is
politics, I know, but how come it's always
Clinton doin' this shit? Michigan and Florida had
their delegates stripped by the Democratic National
Party because they moved their primaries up prior
to Super-Tuesday to try and be more relevent. It of
course makes it difficult for the candidates to
campaign properly and to punish these states the
Democrats threatened to strip their power. The
states went ahead, and their delegates were
stripped by the Democrats. This happened last year
and the candidates were well aware of this and
didn't campaign in those states. They agreed to
this, and although it's nice to say you won a
state... if no one is campaigning, and no delegates
are awarded - it simply doesn't count. Of course on
name recognition alone, Clinton won Michigan and
Florida and are now starting this "for the people"
campaign to not disenfranchise the poor voters of
those two states. Obama wasn't even ON the
ballot in Michigan for fuck's sake. This is the
political shit that makes people insane.
This is the Washington bullshit we're all fucking
tired of. Everyone agreed to the rules, and now
because you're losing you want to change the rules,
retroactively, so you win. Stop being a bitch about
it (that's not to be taken sexually, it's simply a
bitch move) and continue your campaign. And
I hope you all know me well enough to know
that if Obama did this I would say the
exact same thing. Just like I keep giving
him shit on slammin' Hillary so hard for her Iraq
war vote. It has no bearing on the future and you
weren't even in the Senate then man. Though
I do have to admit, why the hell she won't
admit it was a mistake is frustrating, but still -
I have always called things unbiasedly. Always.
I do it with sports teams I root for,
candidates I root for, my own life, my own choices
- I don't pull punches. And bottom line is this
Michigan/Florida thing is horseshit. Complete
horseshit.
-The news of
HIllary's money woes is breaking now (TV on an
airplane is so awesome). I think they're
overreacting but I have to wonder how this
shit gets out. You know? Like how do they know so
quick that some senior staffers aren't taking pay
for a month? Heh, guess you can't pay 'em to keep
quiet - LOL. The 5 million of her personal money is
impressive as well. I still don't think this is
that big of a deal, but it must be for her to let
that info go the following morning. Man, he's up
838-834. I just can't believe it. Alright -
enough of the politics.
So I'm in
Atlanta... kinda. I'm in BFE which is close to Atlanta
I think. Heh. A one hour, $70 cab ride watching
us go right through Atlanta had me a little
worried. I'll find out tomorrow when I go to this
event. Some of you may have skipped that part of the
"Jemima, you go girl" entry last month, but it got me
a video shooting/editing gig here in Atlanta for a
realtor seminar. It means enough money to get through
the next couple of months and could be enough
contacts/work to allow me to pursue my entertainment
career the majority of this year. Mind boggling.
I sat on the plane thinking about it all and just
shook my head. There's this overwhelming feeling of
hope and potential running through me right now,
I can barely describe it. An idea I had last
month, that wasn't even original, lead to so much -
and it makes you want to risk even more. Add in all
the equity I had to take out of my house... I
feel this magentic pull towards doing very big things
and just seeing exactly what I can pull off. No better
investment than me man. Heh - as a wise man once
said: "We are the ones we've been waiting
for."
Christ that's a
powerful statement. Who is Obama's speech writer!??!
What an incredible 2008 so far. Now get ready for a
ridiculously boring entry about a real-estate seminar
on Friday.
