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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Election Season is Making Me Sick
Seriously, can we be done with those melodrama? Trying to keep up with the tumultuous election season is worse than watching Jerry Springer. I do find it amusing that the McCain campaign has such a hard time coming up with anything substantial to say about Obama that they pull silly allegations and stories out of their butts. I guess it should be no surprise, just look at some of their supporters! The back and forth mudslinging is only clouding our vision and taking attention away from what we should be focusing on: the issues. And there are a lot of them.
I don't even know where to start when writing about this election. For starters, I am not a fan of the two party system. Especially when the two parties are so similar and they're both bought out by corporate interests. And, as much as I'd like a third party to win, with the way things are set up, it really can't happen. So if I really want to vote my conscience and choose the candidate I think would do the best job, I'll be taking that vote away from the major party candidate who most closely reflects my philosophy. Heh, now I guess you know who I'm torn between voting for. Although I'm also strongly considering sticking to the party I'm registered in and voting Green - just to add more confusion to the mix. (Oh, and speaking of Nader, the documentary about him, An Unreasonable Man, is really good).
Then there's the electoral college, which we all attempted to understand in 2000 but never quite got how it was still around. And don't even get me started on voting machines, disenfranchised voters, and all kinds of sketchy behavior that we've seen in the last two elections. This whole thing is just a giant anxiety attack waiting to happen. All I can say is, make sure you're registered to vote by Oct. 20th, and double check it even if you think you're already registered. And then, of course, get your ass out and VOTE on November 4th. (Luckily for me, in this itty bitty town all the ballots arrive by mail).
The debates have been interesting to watch, though not all that exciting. The polls go up and down and don't really tell us much. The media is all over every little development in the election while ignoring the multiple wars we've started, and I'm just about ready to be done with it.
So please vote, and let's be done with this thing. Oh, and if you haven't already, you really ought to watch the Sarah Palin interview with Katie Couric. Just wow.
Labels: news/current events, politics
