political mini-rant

So Clinton won WV, just like we've always known she would, and she won it by a large margin, again just like we've always known she would. Good for her. But what pisses me off is the way she and the media at large are using this to point to Obama's massive weakness among blue-collar white voters. Because clearly, no Democrat who voted for Clinton could possibly vote for Obama in the general election, but that's beside the point.

Yes, Obama sure has a lot of difficulty winning over those hard-working white Americans, as indicated by his staggering victories over Clinton in Iowa, Kansas, Idaho, Colorado, and Minnesota. Because clearly it was the massive black vote in Iowa that won him THAT state, for example. (And FYI -- his wins in those states were by equal or greater percentages than Clinton's win in WV.)

But, y'know, without West Virginia's five whole electoral votes, he can't possibly win in November.

Note: this is not to disdain/disregard/insult WV in any way. Seriously. All states are important. I just don't get the narrative the media is building out of this one.

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You know, it's really, really difficult to write a character pulling off a totally sweet prank when one never did that sort of thing oneself. I'm just not a criminal mastermind, I'm afraid. I was always balls at writing these kinds of hijinks in Marauder fic, and it's no easier for original fiction. Goddamn it. I know what the ultimate result of the prank will be, but I can't think of what the prank itself should be, or how to pull it off.

Man, why didn't I get into wacky trouble in school? Being a straight-A student was a TOTAL waste of my time, clearly.

christ, two political posts in one day.

I'll keep this one short--

Edwards is endorsing Obama tonight. Glee!

It kind of weirds me out that I am almost as fannish about politics as I am about fandom these days.

theater geek fandom crossover!

I mean, West Wing DOES bring all my favorite theater actors at some point. Joanna Gleason, Lee Wilkoff, Oliver Platt, Anna Deveare Smith...yeah.

So "20 Hours In America" brings us not only Amy Adams, but JOHN GALLAGHER JR as the teenage kid who drives Donna/Josh/Toby part of the way.

For those of you who aren't total theater geeks, John Gallagher Jr (see icon) won a Tony award for best supporting actor in a musical last year as Moritz in "Spring Awakening".

Fandom collision of great personal glee!