The Clinton and Obama campaign third string spokespeople are on MSNBC babbling about how their candidates are destined to win. Both of them are insisting that a victory is inevitable; neither of them are taking any cognizance of the other person making claims that flatly contradict their own. As the tension mounts--as a nation waits breathless to find out whether Hillary Clinton is going to prolong our agony with a net loss of 13 delegates, or whether she will soar to a net loss of only 8 delegates--they are valiantly filling the air with observations of astonishing triviality. "You know, this is all about the votes," says one of the bland women I have never heard of. In a moment, one of them is going to start commenting on how there are all these cameras and lights and things in the studio. The other will undoubtedly respond by picking up a fire safety flyer and reading us the fine print. Hell, at least we might learn something.
If only one could put out political blather with a little stop, drop and roll.
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I wish that all "talking heads" came with thinking brains.
I wish that "talking heads" didn't until there was actually something to say.
I'm glad that federal law does not require me to look at, or listen to, "talking heads", even during perpetual primaries.
I suspect that, no matter what the "talking heads" say, the results will be the same tomorrow morning; and, they will be determined by adding the number of votes cast for each candidate, regardless of the input of the "talking heads".
Posted by Ed Reid | May 6, 2008 9:06 PM