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CAMPAIGN FUN

Today's fun sites are The Onion: Bush 2004 Campaign Pledges To Restore Honor And Dignity To White House
and
The Drudge Report: Kerry's Changing Faces.
Gotta move fast on this last one as it is growing hourly. I am sure he will keep the before and after pics up though.

67

Note: this entry is progressive throughout the day. Each time I thought it was over. No.

Well, I made it. I have been telling people that I am 67 for about 6 months; so it is nothing new. I will work ahead like this as long as they ooooh and ahhhh and say that I do not look a day of it.

As I wrote this, John snuck up (it's 4:15AM) and whisper/sang Happy Birthday into my ear all spooky-like. I nearly went off the chair. Franklin leaped up at the noise and jumped onto my lap; a face lick.

They had a big hello thing at the gym when I got there. That was nice; grand stairs--cardio on the second--gotta walk up 'em. I get to the first landing; faces the weight area; there are the guys arrayed around the bottom: "Happy Birthday". Nice. I asked about the cake. Joe said Caesar (about 25 tall and beautiful) was the cake. I kept walking. Caesar made sure to connect with me later. I told him it was OK. He could take it all figuratively. We laughed. It is very nice to be flirted with at any age; but there is more gratitude as one goes along the time-line.~smirk

A LOT of eCards. A revolution. Print is over. Then more real cards at home.

I got some nice phone calls and machine messages in the afternoon from the Grandkids. Thanks guys!

That's it. Not a lot of drum roll and flourish. That is enough surprise for the day. Onward and upward. Soon, I can start telling people that I am 68. "Ooooohhhh, you look so much younger"! Ahhhhh.

NEXT?

What to think? What to do? If Dean had done worse than he did; we would see the sad end of a brief comet. If he had done better; I would be sending more money. As it is, he is sitting in second gear and the only hope is next week and the bailout of some other candidates who would open the pool of available new votes. The punditeers and the spinners are all over the media this morning. Muddle.

I was saddened to read this AP headline "Dean Keeps Cool After N.H. Primary Loss". They have cooled him out and lost the fire. The DianeSawyer effect has crept up on him; they made him go get Judith and hold her hand and take on the sappy nonsense that makes the other guys look so empty. See Spousal Abuse in The New Republic. (This is the first time I have recommended a reading the second time).

The media is a problem for Dean. It is not commentary, of course, but NBC was still showing a clip of the Iowa rant right before last night's cooler concession. " Howard Dean wore a jacket--buttoned to the top button--and was temperate". Geeeeeeez. Hang the kick-me sign on him guys. When does this sort of crap stop? They didn't do a clip of Clark's daily gaffs or Lieberman's snorer or Kerry's zombie walk.

Dean wants it enough to sell out some to get it. It may be too late. Co-opted by the professional Demo's? Not really. Just the effect of the unified 'anyone but Dean' campaign. There are those who want the status quo even if it means waiting out the Oval Office until 2008. Yes. Even some Demos can be that cynical. Some of us cannot wait that long.

Ruminating today.

And Kerry does not come off so much like Herman Munster as Lurch.