> 1. So that "No Republican has ever won the
>Presidency without winning Illinois" is no
>longer a true statement. Illinoisians need to
>be knocked down a rung. They're all, like,
>"Hey, I'm from Illinois."

Hey, that's my line! :-P

But here's something to bring you New Hampshire people down a peg or two. Remember about 8 years ago? You know, 1992? When that Clinton guy was just Governor of some state like Arkansas or something? And, like, he was in the New Hampshire primary?

Remember those buttons and bumper stickers everyone always broke out every four years? You know, the ones that were all smug and stuff about New Hampshire having the first in the nation Primary and how no President since Eisenhower had gone on to win the Presidency without first winning his party's Primary in New Hampshire? You know the ones I'm talking about, right? The ones that said "Always first. Always right."

Remember who won the New Hampshire Democratic Primary in 1992? Did you just say Bill Clinton? WRONGO! It was that guy, that senator from Taxachusettes, with that last name nobody could prounounce? Like, Paul Tsongas or something?

Now, I'm sure you remember who became President in 1992, don't you? It was like, Governor Billy Clinton of Arkansas or something.

Now, fast-forward to this year. Remember who won the Republican Primary in New Hampshire? Did you just say George Dubya Bush? WRONGO! It was that guy, that guy that most people liked better than Dubya but for some reason wasn't allowed to win--that John McCain guy? Right?

I think you guys need to make up some new buttons now. I think they should say "Always First; Pretty much always wrong."

-- Dave