Sunday, May 07, 2006

its quiet today. (well, it has to be; its Sunday morning!) but, its quiet in a different way. the fury, bluster, blood and thunder; its over now. the dust of battle's settling down. the candidates have fought hard, campaigned on their merits in the best way they could, and pushed their rivals has hard as they could have. allegations of unfairness still exist, but it has been toned down somewhat; after all, the big guns had dropped broad hints long before this. a fair fight, most quarters have called it, save for the sorerest of sore losers. in all, its been an interesting fight. we're seen instances of so-called "money politics", big money carrots failing to work their magic. we're seen instances of how the everyman candidate punched above his weight, and stunned the big guns; some for the first time, others yet again conslidating their position. we're also seen how one man, and the question of integrity can dominate an entire campaign, and keep out the big picture issues. nonetheless, its been a good fight, a fight we'll remember for years to come, whether for good reasons or bad. yes, a fantastic Premiership season, a football campaign to remember. yea, football, what else could i have been talking about?

i heard the crickets at 11:46 am

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