I really don't care one way or another about the superdelegates. But when inspiration strikes, you gotta strike back. Hence, this ode, called, simply, "Superdelegate."
Posted by pudge at May 06, 2008 12:37 PM | Email ThisChorus:
Superdelegate, I don't know you, but I love you
Superdelegate, you make me feel warm inside
Superdelegate, I didn't vote for you
But I really think you're super, SuperdelegateWe can't trust ourselves to choose
'Coz we've got so much to lose
So we ask you, please
Protect us from ourselvesChorus
I will use my voice
I will state my choice
I will stand up and be counted
But not as much as youChorus
Thanks!
Posted by: pudge on May 6, 2008 12:54 PM
A generation ago, Democrats decided that fairness outweighed the need for an orderly process that actually produced a viable candidate for President of the United States. Following the 1968 debacle in Chicago, the party rigged the system so that never again would their bigwigs be denied a voice in the presidential nominating convention.
By 1984, the Democrats had come up with the ridiculous nominating process we see in action this year. It included the "super-delegates" we have heard so much about, unelected delegations consisting of senators, congressmen, governors and other party officials who are guaranteed a seat at the table whether they deserve it or not.
Additionally, in the name of fairness, the party has continued to encumber itself with a set of rules that prevents two equally popular candidates like Clinton and Obama from ever truly winning a primary. In Democrat primaries, there are no winner-take-all elections. This creates a situation where a candidate can win what would, under any other circumstances, be considered a landslide (say, 60-40) and walk away with very few more delegates than the loser.
This arcane system is a microcosm of socialist thinking. In the eternal utopia of the liberal mind, no one should really win or lose. No one should have more than anyone else. Everything should be equally distributed. In fact, equality of opportunity means nothing, while equality of result means everything. Anyone who gets ahead must be penalized. As in their primary elections, no matter how hard you work, no matter how much you prosper, no matter how diligently you plan, you will never get beyond a certain point. To allow you to do so would be unfair...
Great way to end my day.
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on May 6, 2008 01:29 PMI was expecting something with the tempo of Guthrie
"This land is my land...
Posted by: Andy on May 6, 2008 01:33 PMI agree that the Democrats "rigged the system so that never again would their bigwigs be denied a voice in the presidential nominating convention."
This, as it turns out, is the exact opposite of "No one should have more than anyone else." (The superdelegates, you see, have much more than everyone else.)
I was saddened as an otherwise insightful commentary fell apart and the familiar, knee-jerk need to bash "liberals," "socialists," and "the elite" took over.
If Doug Patton really wants to take on "the eternal utopia of the liberal mind" in which "no one should really win or lose," he should look at the collusive Gerrymandering of the electoral body into "safe" R and D congressional districts.
And people say the two parties aren't willing to work together!
Posted by: snoofy on May 6, 2008 01:50 PMPudge drop me a note on how you like the Fishman PU on the Martin, I have a vintage Martin and I am either going to go Fishman or Highlander. Martin recommends Fishman
Posted by: gs on May 6, 2008 02:53 PM
The Fishman is new, but so far I like it. The gooseneck doesn't stay in place as well as I'd like, but it adds more body to the sound than the pickup alone. Although, if I get another, I think maybe next time I'll get the onboard Aura. That stuff is amazing.
If you don't know about the Aura, what they do is, in a studio, record a specific guitar simultaneously with a specific pickup and specific mic. Then they can calculate the difference between the mic and pickup, and generate the mic sound using only the pickup. So you download a "sound image" matching your guitar and pickup, and ... boom. Great mic sound through your pickup.
But I want a new Martin first ... this one is a cheap composite back/sides, and sounds great for what it is, but ... you know. :-)
Posted by: pudge on May 6, 2008 02:59 PMHere's a picture of a one-off band I played in with some friends in high school, on the quad during lunch. Note that we are all playing different chords. Ah, rock and roll.
Posted by: pudge on May 6, 2008 06:38 PMHe put one of these on a friends guild guitar and I absolutely love the sound. This is what Crosby Stills Nash & Young use alot of.
He also told us never play it through an amp, put it through the PA, and what a difference that made. Night and day from an amp
I think he does have fishman also, so I'll ask him what his choice would be. I love the opening splash on his web page, if you haven't seen it it is a kick.
www.mikelull.com
Posted by: GS on May 6, 2008 08:18 PMCSN&Y use alot of these
Mike Lull recommended to my friend who had one of these put in his Guild, that he not play it through an amp, but play it through the PA. What a difference.
I have a vintage D18 (35 yrs old) that I just sent back to Martin to have the nect adjusted and frets reworked. Just got it back. They only install fishman at Martin.
So far I am leaning towards the highlander, but I will check out your suggestion, I also have a fellow band member that is just finishing a 4 yr sound engineering school in Berkley, I'll ask him what they use.
Check out the splash page on Mike Lulls Website, I love it
www.Mikelull.com
He does have a sense of humor.
Posted by: GS on May 6, 2008 08:25 PMNow can we get a song to immortalize the Mayor of the Emerald City Greg Nickels?
something along the lines of:
"I think your super, Super Deli Gut." :)
Posted by: Rick D. on May 7, 2008 10:02 AMOnly in the 'Democratic' Party.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on May 7, 2008 10:59 AMAppropriate songs will be much needed on that day. Major or minor key? Simple chord progression or complex jazz????