I'm stil grinding away on an involved post about the dreadful History Channel "documentary" The World Wars. But I had to chime in about the GOP Mississippi Senate primary again. I thought the whole break-in and torment the elderly wife thing would kill the McDaniel campaign and hand a narrow primary victory to Cochran. I obviously overestimated the deceny of Mississippi Republicans. What the hell was I thinking? I still agree with my own tweet from last night before the final returns were in:
Old school right winger ahead of teabagger in Miss. A distinction without a difference.
— Adrastos (@Adrastosno) June 4, 2014
The post title is a line from an old Graham Parker song. He may be a self-decribed horrible little man, but he's a helluva songwriter and snarkmeister: