Two Requests, Democrats: Pick a Nominee, and No More John Mellencamp Music!

North Star Writers Group ^ | April 28, 2008 | Stephen Silver

[Dukes Travels]

As the Pennsylvania primary concluded Tuesday night with a nine-point victory by Hillary Clinton, reality set in that the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is likely to continue for at least another month.

Clinton’s margin of victory was just big enough to keep her from being finished, but not big enough to qualify her as a serious threat to either Barack Obama’s delegate or popular vote lead. Hillary may have picked up 10 pledged delegates, but it merely made a dent in Obama’s lead of nearly 150.

Hillary’s surrogates attempted to muddy the waters the day after the primary, arguing that she, not Obama, had the lead in the popular vote – that is, if you do count Michigan and Florida, and don’t count any caucus states. Of course, if you cherry pick and fudge the numbers enough, and only count the votes you like, you could probably show that Dennis Kucinich is in fact leading. But back on planet Earth, when you actually add up the votes that have been cast and counted under the rules of the contest, Obama maintains a lead of nearly 500,000 votes.

[CholeraJoe]

All them narcotics done made Mellenkamp null and void.

[Izzy Dunne]

if you cherry pick and fudge the numbers enough, and only count the votes you like, you could probably show that Dennis Kucinich is in fact leading.

I KNEW Kucinich dropped out too early!

He would add just the right spice to this baloney and turkey sandwich.

[Dukes Travels]

I did see on the CBS News web site the other day that Hillary had played Invisible Touch by Genesis at one of her rallies. Here is an excerpt from the lyrics:

Now I know
she’s got something you just can’t trust
and it’s something mysterious
and now it seems I’m falling, falling for her

She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
she reaches in and grabs right hold of your heart
she seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
she takes control and slowly tears you apart

She don’t like losing, for her it’s just a game
and though she will mess up your life
you want her just the same

[wideawake]

When Johnny Cougar became John Cougar and then John Cougar Mellencamp, the lead singer of the Philly punk band The Dead Milkmen changed his stage name from Rodney Anonymous to Rodney Anonymous Mellencamp.

I thought that was perfect.

[Delta 21]

John Cougar still sucks after all these years.

[Jaxter]

Two Requests, John Mellencamp: Pick a small town, and get buried in it.

[Always Right]

Indiana’s most famous pop star, Mellencamp announced on the day of the Pennsylvania primary

Someone has never heard of Janet or Micheal Jackson?

[Mogollon]

Nope..better that fight toot and nail for the rest of the summer then implode in Denver.