announcing: time's person of the year: the superdelegate

so, at the boy's soccer practice (yes, soccer... t-ball is fun for a 5 yr old until he gets smacked in the face... that reminds me of my favorite mike tyson quote: "everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth"... ok, i guess that's the ONLY mike tyson quote i've memorized, but it's still my favorite)

sitting there w/ the other soccer moms (whaaaaa... i can't be a mom just because of my unit? don't tell that to the dalia mama... he'll kick your arse, he is so full of (road) rage), i had some time to either 1) discuss the latest 'desperate housewives' episode, OR just quietly think... i chose the think... as an aside... last year, before time's person of the year was announced, i just KNEW it was gonna be vladimir putin. i really had no doubt about it. the resurgent russia (and its oil, stock market, muscle, and crazy commie comeback ways), the last year of his presidency, his poking his finger into the eye of the west, etc. he was the logical choice. of course, if i blogged about the fact that i KNEW it would be him AFTER it was announced may have taken some steam out of the message.

so, let me publically announce, 7 months early, that "Time Magazine's person of the year" for 2008 will be... drum roll... pretend you haven't read the blog title or the picture... drum roll.. suspense... "The Superdelegate".

i can even write the intro paragraph announcing their decision: "long before john mccain won the white house in a surprising victory, given the stumbling economy, the quagmire in iraq, the resurgent taliban in afghanistan, the high gas and food prices, the global warming tragedy, it was the select group of secret 'superdelegates' which set the table for the long drawn out presidential race. has there ever been a more powerful, previously unknown group of smoke filled back rooms of political power than this group? that pushed billary aside, and thrust unprepared obama into the fight of his political life? that's why this year, our persons of the year are them: the superdelegates"