The Clinton Never Surrender Cocktail Hour
guest post by Riverdaughter
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Mark Twain once said, “Reports of my death have been
greatly exaggerated.” Actually, that’s a pretty funny quote when you think
about it. Is it possible to exaggerate the report of a death? You’re either
dead or not dead. It’s no exaggeration to say one or the other. Or are the “reports”
greatly exaggerated? Were there an excess number of reports of Twain’s non-death?
And if so, why were so many people anxious to report that he’d “bought
the farm”, joined the choir invisible, become an ex-humorist?
Likewise, we’ve heard a lot about Hillary’s imminent demise although Peggy
Noonan is complaining in the Wall Street Journal that Hillary stubbornly
refuses to eat her poison mushrooms and stay dead. Even bloggers
on our own side are keeping a death watch and counting the delegates to
the point where they can pull the sheet up over her campaign’s still warm phone
banking lists. She’s like the guy slung over the back of the Holy Grail’s Bring
Out Your Dead plague scene. His claims of “I’m not dead yet” and “I’m
feeling better. I think I’ll take a walk” are met with “Don’t be such
a baby” and a wink and a nod to the cart pusher to put the guy out of our
misery.
Well, she’s not
dead yet. She’s very
much alive and leading in the big states that are left. And as we’ve seen
in several states where she’s
been slightly behind, the undecideds make up their minds as they pull the
voting booth curtain closed. And she usually gets their votes because they know
her brand name. It’s got the quality seal of approval.
So, let’s dedicate this Cocktail Hour to a vigorous and lively primary season.
Put away your malice and mallets. Buy your friends and enemies a round and let’s
celebrate. Everyone is welcome. To the left of the door is Rico, our bartender
with flair! Tonight’s featured cocktail is a *Lust
for Life*, but you can order anything you like.
Our singer tonight used to sing with her cousins, the Pips, but these days,
Gladys Knight is delving into the rich repetoire of the first female jazz singers.
Her new CD, Before Me, can be found at iTunes or amazon.com. Here’s
a cut from that CD that I think goes particularly well with tonight’s theme.
Trigger words have been known to get in the way of scintillating conversation,
so feel free to leave them with our lovely check room attendant, Florence. The
waiters will be circulating in a minute with some piggy back dates, baba ganouj
topped baby new potatoes and lobster ravioli.
Please drink responsibly and top your wit staff generously.
Cocktail Hour Link Feature
(from TM)
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