Yeah, it's about politics.

September 22, 2008

Yeah, I don't care - I'm writing about politics. I know I normally discuss crap like my inability to parent. But I have to tell you, I've just been doing too much reading on politics and I can't handle it anymore. I'm about to freak out.

I actually try to be reasonable about shit. I mean if someone was staunchly pro-life, or thought that the Bush administration actually did a pretty reasonable job over the last eight years. Fine, I get it, go support McCain. Don't get me wrong - I don't agree with you, and think that W is going to go down as one of the worst presidents we've had, but my view perhaps is not shared by everyone (go figure).

It's not that I even think W is the root of all evil (which is how most of my liberal leaning friendse want to portray him). Bad, you bet - but he started off his presidency in the worst possible way (appointed by the Supreme Court) and then just a major tragedy nine months into it. I think a lot of the decisions he made (right or wrong, but really - just wrong) were based on what he thought was necessary for the protection of the country. That he refuses to reevaluate his conclusions or positions is a completely frustrating but a separate issue. I do actually think he was acting in what he thought was the best interest of the country. That is actions were actually the oppisite, does not speak to intent, just competence.

So all that is okay, see, I can justify W's presidency (ouch, that hurts even to write). But what I am struggling with is people that don't like Obama or are voting for McCain for completely bullshit reasons. I don't know how many people are making decisions like this, beause it's just based on some of the stuff that I am reading, but I'm following it pretty closely, and it seems like waaaaaaaay too many.

For example:

Obama is an elitist. WTF? A black man raised by a single white mom on food stamps is elitist, but silver spoon W. or multi-house McCain keeps it real? Excuse me? Have we entered some sort of bizzaro world? How is this even possible.

Obama will raise my taxes. Do you make more the $250,000? No. Then STFU. Oh, you do? My bad, he will raise your taxes. Actually that's not even true. The tax cuts Bush put in place have a sunset provision in them saying that they'll end in something like 2010. Bush/McCain wants to extend the cuts - Obama wants to bring taxes back in line where they were pre-cut.

Obama is all style no substance. Wrong. As a matter of fact it's so completely wrong it's not even a lie - it's like the anti-truth. Yes, Obama is a gifted speaker (esp. compared to McCain) - but if you actually listen to he speeches or go on his website, he has actually laid out a ton of actual policy positions. I mean, one might not like them, but seriously - they're out there, and they're real. McCain, on the other hand, has offered up no specifics - but says things like 'cut taxes' (and how to we finance that?) and 'washington needs change.' He gets that it's been a republican administration for the last eight years - and that until '06 they controlled congress as well. I mean he's tying to say 'we need change - stick with the party in charge'

Good God, I'm so frustrated I don't even have coherent thought anymore. I'll have to refine this tomorrow.

My new slogan is: Vote for the Smart Guy. Dumb hasn't been so good for the country.