Super Monday, if you will

Americans are good at hyperbole. Very good. Exceptionally good. High Five Good!

For example, today we celebrate Super Sunday and in 48 hours we’ll observe Super Tuesday. That leaves tomorrow, Monday, in for a psychological blow.

The main feature of Super Sunday is the Super Bowl.

Unless you’ve just returned from a yak hunting trip to Mongolia, you know that the New York Giants will play the New England Patriots for the championship football game. This is a regional contest in that two teams in close proximity will battle it out for bragging rights ~~ just to add spice to another rivalry there ~~ that of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. There hasn’t been this much fun between the Hudson and Charles Rivers since the Mohawk Indians squared off against their cousins the Narragansetts. Super stuff.

Sleep through tonight, though, and you can still celebrate on Super Tuesday when the American primary campaign continues.

I think the number of states holding primaries is 24. Last week I blinked and several of the big name candidates dropped out. Our British friends who stopped by for lunch yesterday said that the debate between Hillary and Barack was civil – I didn’t watch it because of campaign fatigue. Super duper.

So that’s leave Monday, February 4 in a void. The Clermont Blog would like to nominate this day as Super Monday.

It is the beginning of a new work week. It is only the 35th day of the young year. On this day in history in 211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died and in 1902 Charles Lindbergh was born. Yours truly will drive across the sunshine state to Miami to catch a flight to Hispaniola. The Chinese New Year begins in a few hours. All in all it appears to be an honorable day. Why not?

Here’s to Super Monday and slightly more hyperbole.