Behind in the delegate count and popular vote, and with no chance of achieving a winning number of States and territories, Hillary Clinton declared that a win in Kentucky tomorrow would mean she wins "by Blockbusters rules."
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"Senator Obama may have won everything else," asked Senator Clinton to a packed press room in Ashland, Oregon, "but tell me this. Has he connected two sides of the country? I didn't think so."
"Barack and I have had a really good run together. And the Blockbusters rules say that Bill and I had to go across the board. Country. I mean country," added Senator Clinton. "Things were close there for a while. Obama nearly won the game with the vote in New Mexico, and that would have connected Canada and Mexico. We only won by 1,709 votes. But those votes are all-important because we win the board and that's all that really matter."
"Isn't it," added Senator Clinton sternly.
The Clinton Blockbusters Stratagem, as explained at the press conference today. A win in Kentucky links California on the left to New Jersey in the top-right corner.
Some experts are warning of the potential for backfire in this strategy. One Clinton aide (who asked for their identity to remain undisclosed) pointed to The Orgasm Incident that happened in Britain in the 1990s. "Sometimes, it's best not to invoke the angry Gods of Blockbusters."
1'04" into this video from the UK, The Orgasm Incident shows how invoking Blockbusters can backfire.
In response, Senator Obama pointed out that it's not time for The Gold Run anyway. "We're still in the best-of-three round, and it still looks like I'll be the one winning at the end of it all", he said during a phone interview with the Associated Press. "What's next? Whoopi for the block?"
Whoopi Goldberg was unavailable for comment.
"Besides," added the junior Senator from Illinois, "if I pull off the upset in Kentucky, that shows I am more than ready for a go at The Gold Run. Washington to Virginia. And I complete the board too. Northwestern States to the Gulf Coast, the long way. So put that in your pipe and smoke it."