Gremlins getting more sneaky – ringing bells where none exist.
But getting down to business we see that Super Tuesday has come and ‘done it’s thing’ – and given the uncertain way each state counts its ballots and requires their accounting of how delegates are chosen to nominate the nominees… it’s a wonder we get *anything* cogent out of the process which threatened to get started in December of last year.
Even though that didn’t come about – we had enough uncertainties about Virginia delegates in some cases not recognized for both Gingrich and Santorum; and further uncertainties about how the votes are eventually apportioned when delegates decide to thumb their noses at what’s been decided by each party’s committee – and other things like the years ‘hanging chads’ threatened to negate all the votes in Florida… It’s a wonder this rickety system has clung together over these years. Shades of Hamilton, Jefferson and Franklin whose ghosts must still haunt the swamps of ‘foggy bottom’ and cackle at the constraints with which we flagellate ourselves in this self-governing Republic.
In any case – so far so good! But we ain’t there yet – there’s many a crooked, uncertain cow-pasture path to be traversed before we arrive at an uncontested designation. But it provides entertainment and article-fodder for the would-be megawatt lawyers who love to dabble in such esoteric questions.
Perhaps we do long for a more stable and predictable method of choosing our leaders – but then since we can scarcely understand it ourselves and it obviously provides foggy bottom coverage for whether we are ‘doing it right’ or not – I’d say we’re managing to keep the attackers confused enough – but not really enough when we step back and consider the damage done by alien forces who would love to tear us to pieces if they could only figure out how our system works in the first place.
Well… it’s growing late… and I’m not sure I could correctly – or even reasonably – parse the previous sentence. That’s one of the nice things about being in the public square (but not too prominent) – we have the right to be heard – but not always to be understood. That’s the uncertainty we can throw over enemies who haven’t figured out how
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack
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“JUST A MINUTE”
SUPER TUESDAY DONE COME AND GONE!
BB: Jist A Minit: Mr. Jack – Whut is th’ reason we calls hit
Sooper Tuesday?
Jack: Because it comes on Tuesday?
MizP: Tha-ut seems too easy.
Homer: Rite reel reliable ain’t hit Miz Pearlie?
MizP: Falls under th’ category of mine readin’ Ah thank.
Jack: It’s not really easy to figure out. The name came
about some years back when they were sort of –
MizP: Sort of figgerin hit out whut ta cawl hit.
BB: Ah guess thass whut keeps everbody on they toes.
Jack: That’s as good a reason as any Mr. Beeelie.
MizP: Th’ hard work is figgerin out whut done happened.
Homer: Thas jist th way hit is when thangs gits tangled.
MizP: This eelectin sumbody is too comicated.
Homer: I ‘grees wif you Miz Pearl.
BB: I seen where ‘bout 80 percents of th’ people thank so.
MizP: Ah’m wif them. This thang has bin goin’ on too long.
Homer: You rite theyer Miz Pearl.
MizP: Less go wif Mr. Jack’s system of a month only.
Jack: I think the net works are going to crack down.
MizP: How so Mr. Jack?
Jack: It was Mr. Santorum started it a couple weeks back.
BB: Rite… he got ta makin’ a wood be victry speech –
Home: An hit wint on too long.
BB: Rite… the control room fussed ‘bout hit.
MizP: They wasn’t gittin’ awl th’ c’mercials in.
Jack: Seems that was one of the reasons.
MizP: You jist cain’t keep on a speelin and a speelin on…
Homer: Reckon we cud gettim ta pass a law er sumpin?
MizP: Ah dout hit… we needs ta gettim a suggestin box.
BB: At wud be a good idée… but we’re a –
MizP: --- runnin’ outta time I bet.
Jack: And unfortunately you’re right Miz Pearlie—next week?
MizP: OK… nex wee hit is – sumbody’ll get th idée.
Jack: I sure hope so… <> I’m Jack Buttram
(END)
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