Iowa

I'm not surprised at all the Obama won, tho I am surprised at how far behind Hilary finished. Mostly, it's a shame that someone I deem as a worthy (and my) candidate (Edwards) is pretty much done with just because of a group of people that, as pointed out very well by the UG, are the equivalent of one dude sitting alone in Madison Square Garden. A tough pill to swallow, particularly now that it has been pointed out that Iowa really hasn't mattered since 1976. Great. Tens of millions of dollars and WEEKS AND WEEKS of time spent tapdancing with hats in hand to impress a small group of people from a seemingly randomly chosen state that nobody will hear from again until four years from now.

And now we'll be hearing more and more about having to win over the "undecideds." These people really drive me fucking crazy. How does one even register or list himself as an "undecided"? Doesn't opening your mouth to declare yourself as such imply that you've spent at least 3 seconds thinking about the candidates and issues? enuff to somehow decide you're undecided? And yet you have no opinion, you're a vaccuous canvas? Shouldn't "undecided" really mean "I can't read"? But no, these people sit back in their lazy-boys and say "sell me." Fuck you. If you can't take a few minutes to turn your brain on to try to make an informed decision about who you want running your own country, you don't deserve anyone coming around trying to think for you. If you need someone baking red velvet cake for your vote, maybe you shouldn't be voting at all.

Good for Obama though - and good lord, if it really did come down to him vs. Huckabee, I could run that campaign and win! :)