January 20, 2004
From the desk of Jane Galt:Overheard in my office
Quotes from the discussion of the various speeches in Iowa, of which I know nothing because I was busy clearing a path through the box-rubble in my new apartment:
On Howard Dean's Speeach:"Those clips just made him sound like a muppet."
(referencing the acres-long list of places enumerated by Mr Dean where his campaign was going to gloriously triumph)"What does this say? He's angry and he's got an atlas."
On John Edwards:
"Having to listen to him and George Bush compete in a Southern Jes'-folks-a-thon for nine months is my own personal vision of hell."
On John Kerry:
"I believe that his war record can cancel out the fact that John Kerry is from Massachussetts for voters in the south. But I don't believe it can cancel out his personality, which is pure Massachussetts. Outside of large urban areas, Massachussetts=Death."
On Dick Gephardt
"What can you say about Dick Gephardt? Poor bastard got whipped like a rented mule."
On Lieberman (who didn't compete):
"He's gonna get caned in New Hampshire."
Saddest moment from all the speeches:
Tom Harkin telling Dean supporters (I'm paraphrasing): "Iowa has a history of putting out a three candidate ticket. We're on that ticket."
Yeah, and I'm the best 6'2 female shortstop with asthma named "Jane" within twenty feet of my desk.
Posted by Jane Galt at January 20, 2004 11:18 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
“Outside of large urban areas, Massachussetts=Death."
That’s right. A patrician snob like John Kerry who makes a big deal about speaking French is anathema to the rest of the nation. He would be lucky to win ten states.
John Edwards will be the vice president candidate. Too many people “like” him. That’s not the same thing as respecting the guy.
"Those clips just made him sound like a muppet."
I still think the Howard Dean is the odds on favorite. The fact that he got his but kicked in Iowa will probably mature him as a candidate.
"He's gonna get caned in New Hampshire."
Senator Lieberman is too conservative for today’s Democrat Party. He may very well fell compelled to endorse the reelection of President Bush.
Hmm, "comments", you call these things? Interesting.
...referencing the acres-long list of places enumerated by Mr Dean...
Hate to be a pedant, but "acres-long" just struck me as deeply wrong. An acre is 160 square rods, so you probably meant "the rods-long list"...
[Abe Simpson: "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!" More Simpsons math here.]
[There are 640 acres to the square mile, which is of course why the original IBM-PC could only have 640k of RAM...]
Outside of large urban areas, Massachussetts=Death
Did they build a lot of urban areas in Iowa while I wasn't looking?
Not sure what the big deal is about Dean's atlas/Yarrrg speech. Looked at in context, its not a "Dead Zone" moment. He's trying to energize his base after a bad showing in Iowa, nothing more.
But I think a lot of folks in the DNC see Dean as a loser come November. Plus, since the candidate gets to select the new party chairman, it would break the Clinton's power over the DNC. And it seems that this thing about his speech is more trying to ward that off, than anything.
That's the Democratic primary, D. There are some Republicans in Iowa too.
Actually, in modern baseball, 6' 2" is quite reasonable for a shortstop. A-Rod is 6' 3", and Nomar Garciaparra is over 6'. The days of the .28 liter shortstop are over.
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