Kevin Drum was the first person to notice her pick
A CONTEST….Let’s have a contest. As we all know, Hillary Clinton chose filly Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby today. Instead, EB came in second and then had to be euthanized after breaking both ankles right after crossing the finish line. So here’s the contest: Who do you think will be the first pundit/columnist/talking head to use this as an idiotically extended metaphor for the state of Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Matthews? Dowd? Jonah Goldberg?
Or has someone already done it?
This reminds me of the Jim Rome show, where Rome says he doesn’t want to talk about something and then proceeds to talk about how bad it would be to talk about something for an hour. While at the same time making sure that no detail goes unmentioned. My favorite example of this was when Rome “talked” about the couple with 17 kids, he said he did not want to talk about it, and then proceeded to mention all of the kids names, and discuss various e-mails about the moms ability to enjoy sex, and the state of her breasts. It was truly an example of taking the hi-road.
With all that said Hillary could not have picked a better horse to symbolize her campaign.