Ah, presidential election season. Nothing builds up my sense of civic and political cynicism quite like it. Every four years I struggle with periodic feelings of rage and depression about the state of affairs in our halls of government at the national level. That’s really all I’m going to say about it at the moment, because I don’t really want to uncork the waiting flood of vituperation.
Why does all of this have to come to a head on my birthday?
Amen, Ploafmaster. Those periodic feelings of “rage and depression” regarding our present political predicament is suffered by more than you alone.
And that the celebration of your nativity should fall on Election Day is, perhaps, appropriate, as at that hour you get to exercise your franchise.
You know, that’s an interesting thought – perhaps, since I’m taking that day off, I’ll even vote at the time I was born. More novelty than symbolic, I suppose.
The real question for me is whether there are any worthwhile 3rd party candidates out there…
You could write me into the ballot. I’m not old enough, but I can try real hard. And I can lead. And change. I can THAT, too. I’m also a Dallas Maverick (fan), and I’d be the first horribly fat president of the television era.
A vote for me is awesome. Make awesome, not war.
A vote for Mugs is a vote for change. A change of diapers.
Vote Mugs, 2008.
You could vote libertarian. Ryan knows who that is. Remember he said in some of the states the two big parties didn’t make the deadline, but the libertarian’s did. Although, I don’t really think that’s the way you lean.
@Valerie: You’re right – it’s not the way I lean. I believe there’s a lot within the scope of “the role of government” which Libertarians don’t agree with, so it’d be weird for me to vote for a party that’s so hands-off.
The thing that’s always difficult with looking for a third party candidate is that unless you’re looking at a reasonably well-known party (Green, Libertarian) it’s often difficult to know if somebody is serious, or just some crackpot who runs for president every four years because the voices inside tell him to.
At this point…I’ve taken the Obama sign out of my yard. After the FISA bullshit he pulled, I’ve had about enough of all of em.
Has presidential politics ever come down to who’s the best for the job? Was there ever an honest president? Can you think of a time?
I’ll settle for decency and pray for honesty
I don’t think I can remember an honest president. How can there ever be one when getting elected requires swaying an electorate that doesn’t understand what a president can actually do?
I don’t think it’s so much a lack of knowledge of executive/presidential power as much as the American people can’t seem to handle “truth”. So the politicians say what is necessary, then fail to try and achieve what was impossible to begin with.
I want somebody to say…hey, we’re in huge debt. Somebody is gonna pay some more taxes, and we’re gonna have to cut some stuff. And we’re gonna have to invest in some things which will cause short term hardship, maybe longer than my presidency, to achieve an important goal. Then I want her/him to say, that Jake is awesome. Okay, well maybe shim can skip that part.
@Jake: That’s why you my dog.