Another morning-news REM State inspiration classic!

Yet another awake-too-early morning finds my wife flipping between early-morning news programs at 6:30am, this time landing on CNN's "American Morning" shitfest which, this particular morning, was running highlights of the previous evening's Donkeycratic Party "debate". Needless to say, of course, I emerged from my REM state just in time to hear some gushy college girl asking Hillary Clinton if she preferred "diamonds or pearls?" to which Her Hillaryship answered — in classic Clintonian fashion, "I like both".

As the fog of sleep finally cleared from my brain, and my urge to put my head through the TV screen subsided, I couldn't help wondering: if gender was at least a partial issue here, does anyone honestly think that if, instead, a young guy had been chosen by CNN to ask Hillary a stupid question chosen ahead of time — and CNN did pick the questions asked by the planted "audience members" — would said stupid question still have been "do you prefer diamonds or pearls?"

"Comfortably Numb", indeed.