CSotD: Here we go again
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Let's get this out of the way, first: There aren't any new Groundhog Day jokes.
None.
Jimmy Johnson will admit it, other cartoonists won't.
Some cartoonists simply ignored the day and went about their business, but there were plenty of "six more weeks of whatever" gags.
And here's the funny part ('cause the gags aren't): Jimmy nails it. It's like the movie. Wake up to "I Got You Babe" and then here come the same jokes, again and again and again.
Each day, Bill Murray keeps trying to change things, but in this case, Ned Ryerson is the main character and the only change he's imposing is going from pens and brushes to a Wacom.
Come on, gang: Coffee break's over.
And speaking of the inescapable same old same oldWhile we await the post-Iowa political cartoons to start drifting in (because not all cartoonists are insomniac workaholics), David Sipress offers this less time-critical commentary at the New Yorker site.
"Electability" is one of the great self-fulfilling prophecies in elections, in large part because a significant number of people — in both Third World countries and here — vote as if they were placing a bet.
Everybody loves a winner. That's why they make bandwagons.
And given the results on the Democratic side, there are all sorts of sports metaphor to define that "winner."
If it's a horserace, then winning by a nose is as good as winning by a furlong, and we're seen more than one Super Bowl where it came down to the last play, but, no matter how close the final score, only one team gets invited to the White House.
(How's that for a metaphor?)
If you see it as a boxing match, it becomes more nuanced, because it's a truism, if not a written rule, that the challenger is required to take the crown from the champion, and that, for that reason, a tie is a win for the champ.
And if the reigning champion resigns, you might expect a tournament to crown the successor, but that's not how it happens: The boxing federation declares a champion and contenders then have to take the crown from the appointed anointed by an overwhelming victory, not simply by a close margin.
Which is pretty much how it works in presidential politics, which is the system that Bernie was arguing against.
So the NYTimes wrote up the tie from the champ's point of view, noting that "the close results were deeply unnerving to Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton," which I would suggest, by the way, makes her sound like Lurleen Wallace, a dodge around term limits rather than a candidate in her own right.
I didn't see anything about whether Donald Trump's wife was unnerved by the results, though among the dismissive descriptors flung his way in their GOP coverage was "thrice-married New York casino magnate."
Granted, they were providing more analysis than reportage, or, at least, I hope that was their intent.
The close vote means that Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders are likely to split Iowa’s share of delegates to the Democratic convention, and Mr. Sanders will be able to argue that the Iowa result was a virtual tie.
Bernie's not, however, likely to win that argument with the New York Times, because, numbers aside, he's not electable.
Everybody knows that.
It was in all the papers.
And now for something completely different
The Bouletmaton, where you can create your own Boulet-style avatar.
And, when you're done making an avatar of yourself …
You can make one for a friend …
Of any age and ethnicity …
Or a granddaughter.
It's not a new idea, but it's very well done and think what you'd have to pay to have him do it for you individually.
Besides, you hadn't planned on being productive today anyway, had you?
Here: Hit this and then read the blog over again
(No, we didn't dress like that. Good Lord, no. Well, not quite to that extent.)
Mike Peterson has posted his "Comic Strip of the Day" column every day since 2010. His opinions are his own, but we welcome comments either agreeing or in opposition.
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