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Nightly Ramble: New Hampshire Reactions

Editor’s note, I actually wrote this last night, but forgot to send it until this morning when I noticed it hadn’t gone yet.

Additionally, I think in the process of trying to get my ramble going yesterday I may have deleted the post of Davids… and I offer David an apology.

This evening I am in Dorrance Pennsylvania. I’m in a little ma and pa truck stop called the Blue Ridge Travel Center just off 81 exit 155. Nice little place and they’re expanding. They should have the expanded building done by midsummer. I wish them all the luck in the world. They’re good people.

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I’ll headed to the Bronx tomorrow morning, and then probably back north after that.

In looking at the New Hampshire results, we are reminded how Hillary Clinton’s surrogate, Madeleine Albright, told voters there that they would be going to hell if they didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton. As that turned out, better than half the Democratic voters in New Hampshire took one look at Hillary Clinton and decided hell was the better deal. (Hat tip to Bill Hobbs…) I’m not inclined to question their judgment on that particular point, though I will wonder again how many didn’t vote at all, not seeing a sane choice to vote for.

Not that it mattered anyway, Hillary still managed to have 6 of 8 super delegates. You see the Democrat party decided a long time ago that voters shouldn’t matter, and as such Hillary Clinton new had those 6. superdelegates before a single vote was cast in New Hampshire. Can you say the fix is in? Thus does Bernie Sanders learn what it’s like to have the political class steal something from you that you worked hard for. Funny how things even out that way.

In looking at the lay of the land across the rest of the country one supposes that Sanders won’t do as well outside of the extraordinarily liberal Northeast. So, it may all be a moot point anyway. On the other hand things could go the other way if the indictment against Clinton ever shows up. But you know, I wonder if it will. After all, the sword of Damocles is only useful while it hangs. Once it falls, it’s no longer of use. And I have little doubt in my mind that her indictment or the threat thereof is being orchestrated.

On the other side of the fence, we have Trump winning and Bush coming in second? I have some serious doubts about the validity of that. That said, the whole thing takes on the appearance of an open revolt on the part of the voters. Which apparently was what the Democrats had in mind when they developed that cockamamie superdelegates system.

Meanwhile former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly eyeing a presidential run, and it’s my guess that he sees an opening in those New Hampshire results. I can’t let that go by the old without noting the Bloomberg has a long record of seeing things that aren’t there.

Meanwhile Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie are both gone from the campaign trail. Interesting that Carson hasn’t dropped out yet. Of course, the rumor mill was that he was going to drop out. Frankly I suspect that rumor coming out prematurely is the only reason he’s still in the thing other than wanting to be TheĀ  Donalds vice president. Personally, I’d rather see somebody with his talent in the Office of Surgeon General, which frankly is probably where he’s going to end up anyway.

Interesting though how in her farewell speech, Carly Fiorina didn’t echo Madeleine Albright, condemning women to hell for not supporting her. I guess that’s the difference here, Republicans tend not to usurp the role of God. Anyway, what she decided to do instead was used her speech to attack the faux feminism as preached by Clinton and Albright. Frankly, whoever gets the nomination should put her in a cabinet post of some kind. I think she deserves it.