I am not a wonk. I don't know what a wonk is. I know it has something to do with politics and people who yammer on incessantly about politics and what not. I suppose i could look it up in the dictionary or "google" it. Remember when you looked things up? now you just google it with no guarantee that the hits you get are right.
But my point isn't about google or wonks today. it's about how in the last week since IA and NH, the pundits have been shocked, awed, embarrassed. they talk about upset victories. is it just me or do these people live in a universe of their own making and when the real world does what the real world does they act as if the universe is out of balance? is it just me? so they predicted this and predicted that. so what. the wonks and pundits and media whores live in a very closed dinner-party circuit. I am sure russert and gregory and gibson and hume and that hardball guy along with the pollsters and voter psychology expert, all sit around with their highball glasses, ice tinkling and speak contentedly of their universerse. well since none of us on the outside are there, how they heck do they figure they can tell what's going on? And the pollsters? well. they call the same lot of old folks with their landbased phones.
keep that up folks! but don't be surprised when the outcomes you predict have no bearing on reality.
