Monday, May 5, 2008

Politics is a horserace

On Saturday a friend from the band and her husband hosted their annual Kentucky Derby Day party. It sounded like fun - I had a hat to wear and there would be yummy food to eat. I placed a modest bet on a horse Gayego - based on name. Later I looked a the odds.

I didn't know much about the line up for the Derby except that there was one filly in the field - Eight Belles. Apparently Sen. Hillary Clinton made much ado about the one filly in the race and was placing her bet on that horse.

Interestingly - the filly came in second to... Big Brown. So not only did the filly come in second, sadly it was injured and had to be euthanized. I do feel sorry about the horse. But as an analogy, I hope it holds up.

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