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Super Tuesday vs. Super Storm

Feb. 6, 2008 11:08 am
1. Super Storm -- Time it took to snowblow my drifted driveway and buried sidewalks: More than an hour.
Super Tuesday -- Time it took for the Fox Decision Desk to declare winners and bury losers once the polls closed in several states: About 5 seconds.
2. Super Storm -- Just when you think you're done shoveling, a pathologically merciless snow plow driver shows up and fills the end of your driveway.
Super Tuesday -- Just when you think promising early returns might indicate a big night for Obama, the pathologically conniving Clintons rise up to halt his surge.
3. Super Storm -- Can it please stop snowing already?
Super Tuesday -- Can Mitt Romney please stop wasting his childrens' inheritance already?
4. Super Storm -- The more snow we get, the more bitter this winter becomes.
Super Tuesday -- The more Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham and Coulter bitterly pile on McCain, the more attractive he becomes.
5. Super Tuesday -- Disturbing demographic divisions as Obama wins with blacks but loses among Hispanics and Clinton wins women but falters with men.
Super Storm -- Disturbing gender divisions as a disproportionate number of men push shovels and snowblowers while a disproportionate number of women are stuck with crazed, snow-bound children.
6. Super Storm -- Local TV reporters stand shivering in front of snow drifts and don't tell us anything useful.
Super Tuesday -- National TV journalists stand clueless in front of multi-colored maps and don't tell us anything useful.
7. Super Storm -- Low pressure on top of us.
Super Tuesday -- George Stephanopoulos.
8. Super Storm -- This winter will never end.
Super Tuesday -- This campaign will never end.
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