One of the problems with living in Europe is when you look for news or results of some big event, you find out it hasn't happened yet. Take the Super Bowl. There I was Super Sunday evening looking for a score and they hadn't even played it yet. Had to get up in the middle of the night to watch it (one of the best ever though). Anyway, that's what I liked most when I lived in Hawaii years ago: Whatever it is you want to find out about has already happened. No waiting.
So here it is, midnight, Super Tuesday, and I'm combing the internet, hungry for some primary results. But there's nothing coming through. Just some noise about Huckabee winning West Virginia. West Virginia. One of those states where an important election can be managed with a show of hands. And so I'm still waiting. The movie on the only English language station I get is a dud. And the book I'm reading is about getting organized so you can just imagine...
Actually, it kind of feels like Christmas Eve. Santa's coming. And I've asked him to bring me a new Democratic President. I know a lot of other voters have asked for the same thing, but I've been really good. But will he bring me the new girl President or the new black president (they don't make a black girl President yet). I didn't specify. I just said I wanted a Democratic President...that he should surprise me. I would even have been happy with the fast-talking Trial Lawyer President. The one with the good hair and southern accent. But he's not available any longer anyway.
OK, checking CNN again, and...nothing. More West Virginia. Oh, but now this might be interesting: Romney is accusing McCain's people in WV of changing their vote to Huckabee-- just to deny Romney the crucial state of West Virginia. Huckabee has responded by reminding Romney that he said "no whining" and Huck wants to know if whining is now OK. Romney campaign manager Beth Meyers said that McCain and Huckabee made a "backroom deal" to shift votes to the "tax and spend candidate that could best stop Gov. Romney's campaign of conservative change." Now that was good. I mean just where do you get people that can make stuff like this up. And "conservative change"? She can actually say something like this without cracking up. Impressive.
OK, back to work. Let's see...Hey, here's an article on how to make a towel monkey (wikihow). Alright, here's something...CNN is reporting that polls in Georgia will be closing in twenty minutes. They are calling it a developing story. I'm going to bed.
Please Santa, if you're listening, I really don't care if you bring me a black President or a girl President. As long as it's a Democratic President.
Bill McQueen
