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Sore Winner

I only saw part of it but it was a weird victory speech from the weirdest candidate in American history. Instead of celebrating as he did after Iowa, the Indicted Impeached Insult was angry and bitter. I used to think there was nothing worse than a sore loser, but a sore winner is twice as bad.

As stupid as he is, Trump understood that his victory in the Granite State was underwhelming. He fared poorly among independents and nearly half of voters said that they won’t support him when he’s convicted of a crime. Note that I said when not if.

Nikki Haley did better than expected but it still wasn’t enough. In the last days of campaigning, she stopped acting like a candidate for prom queen and actually criticized her opponent. As I said yesterday, she’ll soon revert to form and join the ranks of defeated dignity wraiths like Tim Scott and Malaka Vivek.

New Hampshire is the perfect state for someone with the guts to take on Trump. Instead, Haley tip toed around her opponent in a way that might get you elected prom queen but not president. Politics is a rude business made worse by former President* Pennywise.

As of this writing, Haley remains in the race but her hopes of being the Gene McCarthy of 2024 ended last night. Second place was good enough for McCarthy in 1968 but it’s not good enough for the former Palmetto State governor. At least she doesn’t have to worry about a Kennedy jumping into the race to thwart her. Bobby Junior is already running as a something or other.

The media hyped Haley’s chances before the votes were cast. It bugs the hell out of me, they knew she had to win to be a viable candidate, but they pretended that was NOT the case. Schmucks.

Repeat after me: The media’s job is to report the news, not promote a close race. I love Steve Kornacki BUT he pivoted from discussing actual votes to talking about the national polls, which are meaningless at this point. They should leave the drama to the candidates.

I realize that it’s unfashionable to be optimistic about the general election, but I remain convinced that last night’s sore winner will be November’s sore loser. It makes it clear to those who were in denial that 2024 will be a rematch of 2020. It’s a binary choice despite sinister idiots like Deanbot Phillips and the No Labels pukes claiming that it’s not. Fuck them and fuck the polls too.

Repeat after me: As long as we have the electoral college, it’s impossible for a third party candidate to win. All they can be is spoiled spoilers like the Deanbot.

There was some comic relief at the Kaiser of Chaos’ victory party. The Talented Mr. Santos showed up to support his fellow indictee:

That’s a perfect metaphor for the current state of the GOP. They’ve drunk the Trump Kool-Aid, so they might as well sip some Santos tea. Cue classic Michael F image:

The general election campaign starts today and Team Biden has brought in its heavy hitters. They still have work to do to reassemble the 2020 coalition. but this ad shows that they’re off to a good start:

Abortion rights is a winning issue. The Indicted Impeached Insult Comedian is a loser who will be a convicted felon sometime this year. It’s time for all the bedwetters to stop reading polls and look at votes. Republicans may like Trump but no one else does.

Repeat after me: Last night’s sore winner, will be November’s sore loser.

The last word goes to Albert King:

 

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