As noted earlier, I spent 14 hours on Saturday helping to run the election in Ward 8, Precinct 16, New Orleans, Louisiana.

We're a small precinct, and served a total of 69 voters between 6am and 8 pm. 69 Democrats, 0 Republicans. 67 African-Americans, 2 European-Americans (my wife and I).

60 votes for Obama, 9 for Clinton. The missus and I voted for Obama, so Hillary's 9 supporters were all black folk, and I'd guess most if not all of them female.

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I haven't checked into this thread since before the weekend, so please pardon me for bringing up something that may have been forgotten by now, BUT:

Barack Obama is not OLD enough to HAVE a trophy wife. Also, since Michelle is the mother of his children, and (I assume) his first and only wife, the term "trophy wife" is completely inappropriate.

I think that particular remark was the final proof that "GG" is completely around-the-bend nuts. She has posted a few scattered rational comments over the last week or so, and I began to soften my position as to her insanity, but the trophy-wife comment reaffirmed for that GG is a hopeless nutcase.

What could her problem possibly be? Is it just that Mrs. Obama is attractive? Most politicians, and most politicians' spouses, are reasonably good-looking. They wouldn't have gravitated to public life otherwise ~ although extreme good looks are not required, and politicians are generally not quite in the movie-star category. (Some politicians, indeed, have characterized politics as "show biz for homely folks.")

I'm sure that no attractive spouse of a white candidate, male or female, Democratic or Repuiblican, would have prompted such a response. Are black (or even half-black) officeholders, in contrast to white ones, expected to marry homely partners lest they be accused of "trophy marriages"?

If anyone in the race is open to criticism on the "trophy wife" front, it's that old geezer McCain. I don't know Mrs. McCain's age ~ maybe she's not as young as she looks ~ but she could certainly pass as ol' John's daughter if she wanted to.