5.13.2008
Customer: "Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now."
Pet-shop owner: "No, no he's not dead, he's -- he's resting! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian blue, isn't it, aye? Beautiful plumage!"
Customer: "That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not half an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it being tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk."
Pet-shop owner: "Well, he's, he's, ah, probably pining for the fiords."
Customer: "He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! . . . His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible! This is an ex-parrot!"
Results are trickling in from West Virginia. BIG SURPRISE! Hillary was declared the winner the second that the polls closed. West Virginia happens to be her base: white, poor, rural, and uneducated. Facts are facts – those are the demographics of the voters in the state:
• 95% are white
• 3% are black
• 51% live in rural areas
• 26% are elderly
• 51% are women
• 76% have no college
• Median household income is $33,993
West Virginia is one of the least representative states in the nation as a whole, but an ideal Clinton state. She will win with about 68% of the vote. She will net maybe 10 delegates from the state. But you know what, even if she won every single delegate in WV, she would only have offset Obama's gain in super delegates in the last seven day (29 supers).
And big deal! Do you know how many states that Obama has blown her away with over 60% if the vote? 15 States + DC + VI + Dems Abroad
* Virgin Islands (89.9%) * Idaho (79%)
* Hawaii (76%) * Alaska (75%)
* Washington, DC (75%) * Kansas (74%)
* Washington (68%) * Nebraska (68%)
* Minnesota (67%) * Colorado (67%)
* Georgia (67%) * Illinois (65%)
* Virginia (64%) * Maryland (62%)
* North Dakota (61%) * Wyoming (61%)
* Mississippi (61%)
Clinton: 2 States
* Arkansas (70%) – Bill’s home state
* West Virginia (??)
At the end of the evening she's got bragging rights and that's it. Nothing more. She needs to win 91% of the remaining delegates to catch up to Obama. That’s NEVER going to happen! She’s is selling a dead parrot.
Labels: Clinton, Primary Season
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So what you're saying is educated, rich, elite people vote for Obama. People who are better than everyone else and should be telling them how to live their lives.
No matter what education, salary, race, EVERYONE has a right to vote, and just because they don't see things the same way as you doesn't mean their vote matters any less.