Much ado about NOTHING

Readers of the "classics" out there know that "Much Ado About Nothing" is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Today the IOWA caucuses will be held in the dead center of our country. It's called the "dead" center" because nothing ever happens there except every 4 years they have the caucuses.

The process goes something like this...evangelical farmers wander in the direction of meeting places, like Chucky Cheese and various 4H clubs and discuss amongst themselves and decide who the next President of the United States will be. There will be more TV and newspaper reporters there than actual voters. You can tell who the media people are, they will be the ones freezing their asses off while the Iowan's have sunbathing reflectors under their chins to catch a few rays as the temperature "soars" from 18 to 40 degrees. Sometime later tonight, we will know who a few thousand folks wearing bib overalls have decided will go on to be the Republican candidate that will defeat our absentee imperial president, Mr. Obama, next November. The right leaning press is touting the "real" middle-American-ness of Iowa and how important this event is, while the left wing press reminds us everyday that there are no black people in the state (Herman Cain was almost there but he wouldn't have counted anyway according to MSNBC because all real black people are liberal Democrats) and therefore it is not representative of the US. They forget that it was Iowa where all these middle American white people gave Obama his start 4 years ago supporting the notion that white Americans do not vote with color prejudice. When Obama loses next November, the lefties will cry racism but in reality, it will be because Americans are mostly color-blind and fair but believe in results. There were results from the Obama presidency but they were all bad. You can't fool a guy from Iowa. It's the Field of Dreams state but not the Field of Dreams of my Father state. At least not this year.

Anyhow, considering that the state is known for corn and hogs, it is a fitting beginning to the race for the presidency. There is no place on Earth where feeding at a trough and acting like a pig is more a part of the culture than in government. Sui Sui.