Another game of catch up
No, we’re not dead. Or at least, I’m not… Elysa has been slightly better about keeping this thing updated than I have. What can I say? I am a liberal. That means I am by nature scatterbrained and disorganized. If it means anything, I have been a slave to my classes this semester, which is just another excuse in the very very long list I could give justifying my neglect of Political Bitches. So I’ll stop with the simpering and whining about my schedule and move on.
A lot has happened since we last updated. On the day the bailout was initially rejected and the markets proceded to fall around 700 points, I can personally attest to being on IM with Elysa shitting bricks. To tell you the truth, I have very mixed feelings about the bailout. I certainly see the need to keep the economy moving (the alternative could be… unfavorable), however, the sheer idea of putting more money in the hands of the people who screwed this up to begin with leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth.
As for the debates… I grew weary of them. During the first (the one McCain so kindly showed up for), a couple of friends and I mixed up mojitos, created a list of key words and ideas to drink to, and promptly enjoyed our evening (my favorite was two drinks if a candidate tells a story about a US citizen, plus one bonus if they were from a swing state). The problem with the debate system in general is we really don’t learn anything about the candidates, which is especially problematic if you’re actually tuning in for that purpose. Regardless of whether or not you’re an informed viewer, it’s simply the tit-for-tat hour. Obama will compare McCain to Bush, McCain will appeal to Obama’s “lack of experience”, while blatenly avoiding the fact that all Sarah Palin can do is roam up and down the countryside parroting, “Maverick! Maverick!”. All the while, a plumber named Joe has become famous at the expense of time that should have been used to talk about policy in relation to the country and not just one fucking person.
Then of course, there was the Bill Ayers shit. Seriously. I’m thinking members of the McCain campaign were severely deprived of learning basic mathematics in grade school (and they weren’t even subject to No Child Left Behind!). When using the very very complicated subtraction model utilized by first graders across the nation, one will find that not only was Obama incapable of running for office, he was also about ten years shy of being able to vote when Ayers was running around like a lunatic. It amazes me that this basic arithmetic seems to elude these people, yet they’re capable of taking a leap in faith to say Obama + Bill Ayers = RECIPE FOR DESTRUCTION. Furthermore, not to run too far off topic, but I’m really quite amused at the myriad of things Obama has been accused of being… If we run by this logic, he’s an Arab-socialist-black supremecist-Christian extremist-terrorist-Kenyan citizen who is lying about his US birth. Wait, you mean that doesn’t add up?
I don’t want to sound overly confident, but I am hopeful that barring discovery of Obama and Ayers’ polkadotted love child, he may actually win this one. *crosses fingers*
Hopefully Elysa and I will be updating this more frequently now that we’re only days from the Election.
Hoping you’re all as excited about the 4th as I am,
Laura
