56 Days to Cornville

I've actually never been to Iowa ......unless of course you count having seen Field of Dreams 20 times.
If that counts then I'm a freakin expert on Iowa.
I remember walking out of that movie when it first opened and there was a long line of traffic going into the theater parking lot and for a very quick instant....very quick....I thought it was a continuation of the movie.

That last statement would indicate one of two things.

I'm either very easily fooled by showbiz people or
I'm nuts

It's your call

I still have a hard time turning that movie off if I stumble upon it. I honestly believe the speech by James Earl Jones about Baseball is one of the great moments in film. Of course I realize that it helps to love baseball but even a little bit of love for history should make that scene memorable for most people.

Of course to put everything in perspective I have the same problem turning off Tombstone.
Which puts us closer to
Iowa
where this article actually started...

I've actually never been to Iowa but I would think the 2.9 million people feel like the political future of America is in their hands...or cornfields....or hay bins....or wheat fields.
The truth is I know very little about that state....and for all I know they could be paid not to grow anything...which is also the American way.

I have a dear friend who is currently in Story City, Iowa.... trying to say goodbye to her mom who is getting ready to walk out behind center field of the the biggest ballpark.....LIFE.

It would be so cool if James Earl Jones could be the greeter.

In that James Earl Jones voice....

"WELCOME TO THE NEXT GAME.....THIS ONE LAST A BIT LONGER THAN THE LAST ONE BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO SEE."

My friend's mom was a model in France in the early 50's and then my friend became a model in New York in the late 60's and now her daughter is a model.

That's a pretty wacky gene to have.

But let's stay on some kind of point with Iowa.

There has to be a point to Iowa.......doesn't there?

Our future is riding on the shoulders of Iowaians....or Iowans....or Iowaonees...or whatever they call themselves.

And to say that our future is riding on their shoulders might not be the crazy exaggeration that it sounds like.

I don't want to sound any alarms at this point but all the Republicans are pushing for Hillary to win the nomination and that scares the crap out of me.
It's a Karl Rove plot
It's a Dick Cheney plot

They know that the boat people who sunk John Kerry have incredible resources and Hillary has given them massive amounts of information because...simply put...

SHE'S HILLARY

and being Hillary for the last 40 years has simply been one huge story after another. ....because after all....

SHE'S HILLARY

THE RUMORS ARE LARGER THAN THE STORIES AND WHEN RUMORS ARE LARGER THAN THE STORIES IT TURNS INTO....

FANTASY LAND POLITICS

FANTASY LAND POLITICS means that it doesn't matter anymore
what the truth is.....
all information becomes urban legend....
AND I' m simply afraid that Hillary has created a bigger than life persona and that bigger than life persona will result in so much negativity by election time that people will simply vote the other way just to have it over....and if people respond like that then we will have a similar situation that we currently are experiencing in the White House.

AND THAT'S WHY IOWA IS SO IMPORTANT.

ELECTABILITY IS THE KEY WORD IN POLITICS....and even though I personally would support Hillary for President....I have very little confidence in the America public being able to make that leap.

I'm sorry to say it, and God knows I wish I was wrong, but Hillary might be easier to defeat than Barack.... but both of them can be defeated in a general election.

JOHN EDWARDS WOULD NOT BE DEFEATED BY ANY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE

AND IOWA COULD KNOCK HIM OUT OF THE PICTURE.

AND THAT'S WHY IOWA IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

And hopefully my friend's mom from Story City, Iowa is feeling some of the love and making herself comfortable with the her next Field of Dreams.....

It's going to be ok....

unless of course John Edwards finishes 3rd in Iowa......

Michael Timothy McAlevey