Reply #28: The Harold Ford effect.

[MADem]

The GOP want him to get the nomination, because they think the Harold Ford effect (you need to poll five to fifteen percent ahead of what you THINK is a safe margin of victory in order to win) will doom Obama.

Of course, there's the Woman Hater's Club to worry about if Clinton gets it, too.

I was sitting near an AARP-vintage woman at a restaurant--a WOMAN, mind you--who rather loudly (think she was enjoying the wine or something), assertively and ignorantly told her dining companions the following:

--She could NEVAH vote for a woman, because women just aren't equipped to "handle somethin' like bein' da prezzidint"--by the way, did I mention there was no chance of confusing her with an Oxford graduate?

--She could NEVAH vote for a bleeeee-ACK, because "bleeee-ACKS ahhhn't good LEEE-DIZ!"

--She liked 'dat Romney, only she doesn't like da Mor-minz' so at the end of the day she thought she'd vote either Rudy "Googly-Annie" or "dat Law and Order Guy."

I couldn't believe my ears. There are, even in blue states, fucking idiots.