With the caucuses (cauci?) only a few days away, we figured we'd better make our endorsement official. Our reasoning is as follows:
1. Hey, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy...
(Editor's note-- wait a minute-- we don't want to plagiarize Joe Biden (of all people). Let us give it another shot-- we promise not to use the word "articulate")
1. Comes in without baggage or allegiances (read: no fathers/husbands to avenge, family legacies to polish, Vietnam War experiences/lack thereof to explain, Civil Rights experiences to retaliate for)
2. Admitted he inhaled because "that was the point."
3. Best arguments are the ones most criticized (would talk to enemies, would care for victims of terrorism before bombing random Arab country).
4. His obligatory follow-ups in which he is forced to say that he would bomb some country into sand in retaliation can be taken as just that, and not as his "gut reaction."
5. Only major Democrat with any credibility on the War in Iraq, having opposed it from the beginning.
6. His face alone would send a huge message to the rest of the world about who/what America is (and isn't).
7. His name might further confuse terrorists.
8. Doesn't come across as a used-car salesman
9. Presumably his haircuts cost less than $400 (see above)
10. Doesn't sound like Suze Orman (read: doesn't shout at you... unless the vibe calls for it)
(also see above)
11. That Monday Night Football ad (DUN-DUN-DUN!), and the fact that he only roots for one city.
12. Has got "game," at least according to the Sports Illustrated columnist over whom he drained a jumper after being told it was "for the presidency."
Oh, and the fact that as a black man, believe it or not, he bears a better chance of winning the undecideds/independents than a woman who is disdained by women who make the cookies... and those who disdain them for it, and a white Southerner who has reinvented himself as a populist taking on Wall Street... while living in a 28,000-square-foot mansion.
(Editor's note-- We do realize that our values might not coincide with those of the average Iowan...)
