Dear Hillary, here's £1.3 million, with love, from Elton

Elton John has made some money for Hillary Clinton. A lot of money, in fact. £1.3 million. Wish he would do a fundraiser for me. I could do with £1.3 million. And I would promise not to waste it on a failing presidential campaign.

Still, Elton has been quite passionate in his support of Clinton. He’s almost completely wrong in his reasons for being passionate about her, but at least he is passionate. He says:

"There is no-one more qualified to lead America."

Maybe, in Elton’s humble opinion. Of course, I can’t think of many people less qualified to talk about who is qualified to lead America that Elton John. Homer Simpson, maybe. But Homer is a fictional ejit, so could never be more qualified than Elton. Because at least Elton isn’t fictional.

The BBC also notes that Elton thinks he knows why Clinton is behind in the race:

He also accused people who think Mrs Clinton is an unsuitable candidate of being sexist. "I'm amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country, and I say to hell with them," he told the crowd.

Hmmm. Not entirely sure it is misogyny that is costing Mrs Clinton the campaign. Sure, there will be some misogynistic voters, but I think a lot of the votes have gone against Hillary because people just plain don’t like her. For what it is worth, I reckon she is the best candidate who has run this time out. She’s not hinted at attacking Pakistan, like Obama; she doesn’t sing “Bomb Iran” like McCain; and she is not a total sky fairy worshipping theocratic nutjob like Huckabee. But she has missed the point that, at least on some levels, elections are popularity contests. So there is nothing wrong with being popular with the voters.

Rather than with ageing piano playing rock stars.