Super-Delegate... gate?
Ummmmm. Popcorn.
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OK, the entire use of the -Gate suffix for every potential political scandal has officially Jumped The Shark. There are people voting who weren't born when the break-in occurred; time to find another cliche.
Moving on, remember that tip that Tom Brokaw got about the 50 super-delegates that were supposed to jump from Clinton to Obama? Now we have somebody with a name repeating that:
Clay Confirms Obama Has 50 New Superdelegates
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Sen. Barack Obama’s Missouri co-chairman and pledged Obama superdelegate, said Obama will gain the support of 50 undecided Democratic superdelegates later this week, according to the Columbia Missourian.
Said Clay: “She (Sen. Clinton) will not make up those numbers. This race is over.”
I say "somebody with a name" because somebody from the Obama campaign without one claimed that the story was wrong.
I could do commentary, but it'd all boil down to this:
So I'll just note that I look forward to hearing the names, and move on my merry way.
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At least I don't qualify for that distinction. I got a few months on the wall coming down. :P
I like the sound of NAFTAquiddick; but that's even older than Watergate.
I thought you were going to say there are people voting who weren't born yet when Fonzie jumped the shark!
Wait a minute...
Instead of -gate, perhaps we should go with -quiddick
"I can call spirits from the vast deep!"
"So can I, or any man, but do they come when you do call them?"
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
The median age of Americans according to the 2000 census was about 35 years. That means that over 50% of Americans were not born when the break-in (which happened 36 years ago) occurred.
There are people who are voting in primaries now who were not born yet when the Berlin Wall fell.