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PermalinkThursday, October 16, 2008
When the table is running cold, a good craps player knows it, picks up his remaining chips and walks away. If he has the stomach for it, he stops by the cage for his meager cash out. Then it's the long slog through slot machine hell, over to the elevator banks and back up to the suite in hopes that he can dream the nightmare away and start fresh tomorrow. McCain's long walk began at the end of last night's debate and a fresh tomorrow is about eighteen days away - back in the Senate.
McCain caught a little heat recently over his association with casino and gambling interests - I was glad to see the story fade away. Plenty of solid, productive, kind and resourceful people have a taste for games of chance. Fyodor Dostoevsky was a roulette man, his novella The Gambler is a great primer on the mysterious workings of the gambler's mindset. Bill Gates and I are small stakes Texas Hold'em aficionados. Mark Twain knew his way around every diversion the riverboat casino had to offer. But John McCain is a craps man and craps players are a special breed.
aaryn b.
October 16, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Dang...I'm always the drunk girl at the baby shower.
Guess I'll stick to roulette.
Chris
October 17, 2008 at 12:11 AM
note to self - more baby showers.....
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