Grease is the Word!

There was a live performance of the musical Grease on FOX that we had taped so we decided to watch it in lieu of following the Iowa primary coverage because it was only the same talking heads saying the same stuff over and over until the votes were in. Both were very disappointing.

You see political correctness mandated that half of the roles be played by black actors. Not that it made any sense in the context of the times that the musical was set in. But you know how it is. There has to be quotas in everything now. I must admit that it really took me out of the show. I had seen the original show on Broadway when it first came out and of course I enjoyed the movie. I love the music as it was my era more or less so that is always fun. It was mindless but a waste of three hours of my life. I look forward to Ms. Saigon being played by Marlon Wayans.

George Will and the staff at the National Review Celebrate Ted Cruz's victory in Iowa!

So Ted Cruz has won the Iowa primary fair and square. Unlike Hillary he did not have to rely on winning 69 coin flips in a row so he deserves congratulations. His ground game was superior and all of the flubs that Donald Trump had with respect to religion led to Cruz dominating the Evangelical vote which is a big segment of the Iowa electorate. It seems that Americans do not have a big  problem with immigrants or people not being born in America as President. After electing a Kenyan the Republicans are well on their way to putting a Canadian forward as their nominee. Plus the attack on "New York Values" seemed to resonate on all of the people who hate New York and New Yorkers. You see them here in the comments all the time spreading their condescension and superiority complexes where they tell you what to think and how to act. This seemed to play well  with the audience in Iowa. That famous Irish drunk Daniel Patrick Moyihan had a term for that.

Trump was very conciliatory in his press conference. He thanked the people of Iowa and said he was honored to place second. He did get more votes than Huckabee did in winning last year and seemed to energize the electorate as the turnout was the largest in history. New Hampshire is next and the polls indicate that Trump has a yuge lead. Of course polls are bullshit so who knows. The election will go on and the race will tighten as more of the also rans drop out. It will be interesting to see if any of the other candidates endorse anyone and if they can transfer the allegiance of their voters.

Cruz won fair and square so congratulations to him. Eh.

Iowa Caucus: Kids table running ~8-2 Bernie

Kids table running ~8-2 Bernie pic.twitter.com/NAhMPYOO0H

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