Is The Crow Fresh?

There's some crow-eating going on today among New England Patriot football fans. One of those fans is Michael Graham who made a deal with the devil in a post at The Corner that I referred to in this item. Michael was so confident in the abilities of The Pats that he promised to vote for John McCain if they lost. Poor guy.

Michael sent me an email today:

Thanks for including my in your blog, Rick.

Thought you might like to know how I eat crow: Fried in a popcorn popper, using a recipe I got from Mike Huckabee.

He also included a link to his mea culpa post. It's pretty good:

Thanks, Bill Belichick.

Because of you, I have to vote for John [insert FCC-violating profanity here] McCain!

OK, technically speaking, my oversized mouth and undersized mind may have played some small part in this. But while I might be a moron ("whaddaya mean 'might,' Graham?) at least I put my money...er vote, where my mouth is. I made my call. I'm standing by it.

Now I'm going to take my medicine.

But...

C'mon, Coach. You watch the Patriots offensive get pushed around like a PETA protester at a cattle drive for the entire first half--and make NO adjustments? The greatnest of the Patriots was the fact that they always had another way to beat you. OK, so the Giants defense dominated the front line. Fine. Then throw short, quick passes for 5-7 yards and drive down the field.

You know--like you FINALLY DID IN THE FINAL PATRIOTS SCORING DRIVE? AAARRGGHHHH!

(ahem).

If I sound a bit upset, it's not because of football. Following the 18-1 season of the Patriots has been a blast, and watching a competitive Super Bowl is always fun. Sure, the ending was lousy, but it was also a reminder of what makes sports fun.

No, the reason I'm on suicide watch is because, thanks to Coach Beli-Choke letting the wheels fall off the best team in football, I now have to cast a vote for a pro-amnesty, anti-tax cut, global-warming-kookery supporting, anti-Alito, ideologically-irrational, reckless and arrogant jerk who has openly stated he supports gutting the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

And you think Tom Brady's having a bad day?

One final note: I've received a few emails from listeners urging me to go back on my word and vote against McCain tomorrow anyway. I assume these are new listeners to the show. Sorry--ain't gonna happen.

Trying to get me to go back on my word is a low-percentage play. Ask the folks at CAIR.

But all is not lost. Keep in mind that I made, not one, but two predictions: The Patriots would be unbeatable in the Super Bowl AND Mitt Romney is a lock here in Massachusetts. If I didn't firmly believe both of those predictions, I never would have gone so far out on a limb.

As of this morning, the RealClearPolitics polling average has Mitt Romney up in Massachusetts by 25%.

I may be dumb, but I'm not (that) stupid.

That's okay, Michael, Eli Manning fooled me too. They announced on the news this morning that he would be the star of a special parade at Disneyland at 10:30 this morning (you know the commercials - the MVP is always asked what he's going to do next and he says "I'm going to Disneyland!").

I had some free time and an annual passport so I decided to go to the park and videotape the parade and maybe make a YouTube item out of it. I got there in plenty of time, picked a perfect location for filming, and waited. And waited. And waited. I even shot a short stand-up intro for the video while curious tourists watched. Finally at about 10:50 I heard the Disney announcer introduce the parade. It started like this:

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, due to unforeseen circumstances Eli Manning, Super Bowl's most valuable player, is unable to join us for our special celebration today....

They then proceeded to parade some Pop Warner team from Tustin, CA (or maybe it was the Patriots - I stopped paying attention). That was time well spent.

However, the good news is I will not have to vote for John McCain because Eli Manning disappointed me.