Florida

Three thoughts on Florida, if I may.

1) I spent a summer in Hollywood when I was 20. South Florida is a magical place in many ways. I rode a motorcycle from Hollywood to Key West. Everybody should do that once.

2) Of course, I wanted to talk electoral politics, forgive the personal digression. Andrew Cline has a great lede in his Guest Column in today's National Review Online.

According to Sen. John Kerry, the 2000 presidential election in the United States was fraudulent and invalid -- but the 2000 presidential election in Haiti was legitimate and legal.

That's a good zinger but it also underscores a constant complaint of mine. People hold America to exacting standards of fairness and freedom, while forgiving other cultures' most egregious trespasses. We have to pass hate-crimes legislation so a gay person never feels uncomfortable, yet the PLO warrants no opprobrium for murdering homosexuals in cold blood.

3) A joke of my own. Today's Political Diary points out that Senator Graham's VP potential cannot rest on the delivery of the State:

Florida Sen. Bob Graham is gunning to be John Kerry's attack dog, a.k.a. running mate. He wasn't helped much by Tuesday's exit polling in his home state, where Florida Democrats told the AP they preferred John Edwards as Veep to Mr. Graham by a margin of 43% to 19%.

I just wondered: how many Graham supporters voted for Buchanan?

Posted by jk at March 11, 2004 01:16 PM