The MSM = Obama Water Carriers

I said the spin wrote itself, still it is amusing to see it parroted back in such a naive manner: Much Ado About Not Much

Cheering supporters? Check. Election returns on the projection screen? Check. Andrea Mitchell and Candy Crowley doing stand-ups? Check and check. In fact, the only piece missing from Hillary Clinton's Florida victory party here Tuesday night was a victory.

Yes, Clinton, as expected, beat Barack Obama by a wide margin in the Florida primary. But all the Democratic candidates had agreed months ago to boycott the contest after the Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of its delegates to punish the state for moving up its primary date. The result was a primary without purpose, a show about nothing.

But in a political stunt worthy of the late Evel Knievel, the Clinton campaign decided to put on an ersatz victory party that, it hoped, would erase memories of Obama's actual victory Saturday night in South Carolina's Democratic primary.

"Yeah!! Clinton's a fraud!! Woo Hoo!!! But...Hmm...why did more voters come out and vote in the Democratic primary than in a contested Republican primary? Well, it would be too hard to think of a real answer to that question...so, whatever....Obama rules!!!!"

"There are more voters in Florida alone than there are in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina combined," Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle argued in a conference call with reporters Tuesday. This was the same Solis Doyle who last summer committed Clinton to signing the Florida boycott pledge, saying, "We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process, and we believe the DNC's rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role."

"Yeah...this is...umm...what's that thing called again?????? Oh yeah, a non sequitur...but hey...who needs logic???? I totally hated that philosophy class I had as a frosh!! Obama's a God!!!! Woo hoo!!!"

Five minutes after Solis Doyle's call, Obama's campaign retaliated with its own conference call, featuring Obama backer John Kerry. "It is not a legitimate race, it should not become a spin race, it should not become a fabricated race," he protested.

Reporters on the Clinton conference call seemed to share that view. "The timing seems a little curious," said one. "A little desperate?" asked another. "Trying to have it both ways?" inquired a third.

"It is hard to know exactly what to say sometimes...but the Obama camp is totally cool about things like that. I wonder if next time they could just fax me a little earlier before my next deadline. I gotta retype and edit the SOB!! HA HA!! Just kidding guys!! I wouldn't edit you!! OBAMA!! OBAMA!!! OBAMA!! Ooohhh...I'm feeling faint."