Ezra Klein on Vox first brought these things together, saying that "Four years ago, if you had told me [that]
I would one day watch Fox News's Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly marvel
while Bernie Sanders sinks shot after flawless [basketball] shot on the
night he won the New Hampshire primary, I would have laughed at you." But it actually happened.
Look at the improbables in that statement:
1. A democratic socialist from Vermont soundly defeated the formidably prepared Hillary Clinton (60.4% to 38.0%, including a majority of the women's vote), in New Hampshire after essentially splitting the Iowa caucuses vote with her.
2. Bernie Sanders, the 73 year old, rumpled, granddaddy, is a basketball whiz, calmly shooting hoops with his kids while awaiting the New Hampsire returns. Who knew?
3. Conservative Fox News commentators are airing video of this feat and cheerfully marveling at his skill.
As some old caricature of a corn-pone Southerner was wont to say: "Won't wonders never cease!"
Ralph
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