A peek at the life, times and thoughts of John during his two-year stint in Knoxville.

I was watching a few minutes of CNN's election coverage while I ate my dinner (West Virginia's primary is today). They continue the recent media trend of painting West Virginia in the most favorable light possible.

A day or two ago a writer suggested that the reason Clinton was so far ahead of Obama in the polls is because West Virginia Democrats are racist. I suppose if they had been big on Obama they would have been sexist.

A brilliant Republican Strategist on part of CNN's election coverage panel peered over his laptop long enough to say that middle class, white West Virginians will vote for Clinton and if you're black or go to Starbucks "maybe the only one in West Virginia" then you'll vote for Obama.

Very classy. Thanks so much CNN. High quality, professional election coverage. I'd be fine if we didn't have a Starbucks, but as it stands we have plenty. We have electricity and telephones too.