Politics and Mondays Make Strange Bedfellows

Monday again. Clothes need washing. Reports need doing. Orders need shipping. (And both staffers have this week off -- the stinkers.)

Now that Brazil is looming ever closer (late May), both Dave and I would really, really, REALLY like to go someplace warm. Maybe Mexico? There are some great bargains out there, especially with charter stuff like Apple Vacations. ( http://www.applevacations.com/ ) Some amazing cruise prices. (People must really be cutting down on this sort of thing lately, because the prices are good.)

But no $$. No time. So I read novels about warm places (thank you, Clive Cussler -- thank you, Inca Gold). And look at the pile of Stuff To Do. And wish somehow it was warm enough out to go and plant Something. Colorado is deceptive this way -- we've had warm days for weeks, but they've also been interspersed with snow and ice. I'll take a chance with spinach and peas around St. Patrick's Day. As long as I keep them covered, they've grown well, even at our home altitude -- approx. 6250 ft, about a thousand feet higher (and 30 growing days less) than Denver.

I don't understand what Hillary Clinton is thinking. Or Bill either, for that matter. She's currently the Almost Winner -- at least using Bozo the Clown's famous words. Barring a huge change, she's going to stay that way until the national convention.

And she has the cojones to suggest that a combined ticket would be just the thing, with herself as the presidential candidate, and Obama as VP? ('Because, after all, the people of Ohio think I should be President.' And of course, we Coloradoans are such hicks, in our cowboy boots and "yee haw" mentality, are just too stupid to think for ourselves. Just like everyone else west of the Mississippi. Instead, we'll instantly follow the lead on whatever our buddies from Ohio suggest. Yeah, right.) I honestly would have thought someone was making the "combined ticket" comments up -- but Hillary said it not only during an interview, but also during a speech. And her husband's comments were right behind her.

Wake up, Hillary. You've shown no end of contempt for what you deride as Obama's lack of experience, naivete, etc...and now you want him to be your back-up person? Not only that -- asking #1 to be your #2...when you're currently #2 yourself?

I just don't get it. Hillary, you're many things, but foolish is not one of them. Why would Obama be interested? (He says he isn't -- and the voting public will have to choose.)

Which advisor did you listen to for this brilliant political move?

Or, as Dave said today, maybe it wasn't politics talking. Maybe it was desperation.