For Every Defeat There Will Be a Victory
Oh man, who do I have to bribe to get one in the win column these days? It’s not even the end of January and yet Defeat seems intent on a pile-up. First, my football team lost at the hands of those putrid Eagles and then my candidate comes in a distant third in Iowa. January is a cold gray month. The worst kind of month for football fans and politicos. Perhaps I should have stayed in Mexico.
Let’s face it, Patriots versus Panthers?? I couldn’t think of a more boring football game to watch. And John Kerry, as democratic nominee?? Well ditto goes for him too.

What are they putting in the drinking water down there in Iowa? Being from Minnesota, we’ve got a whole arsenal of Iowa jokes but I’m going to hold off on that right now. I would like to know why 75% of those polled at the Iowa caucus disapprove of the Iraq war yet it seems these were the same folks that voted for John Kerry (A war supporter)? That don’t compute.

I was involved in some vicious bidding wars, over some prized Danish Modern Furniture on eBay last night (and hey, I actually won a few of those, so that’s something right?). While chastising other eBay snipes and waiting to pounce, I tuned C-SPAN on in the background and enjoyed the chaos that is our democracy. It was in full action in Dubuque, Iowa. My favorite part came after Kerry won Dubuque and the Chair for that precinct asked the Captain of the Kerry folks to go choose the six delegates they had won. “Remember affirmative action” the Chair noted. The Kerry Captain smiled and said something like, “No problem, we’re all white”. Ah Iowa, I love you. Bring on the State of The Union!! I’m ready.