Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Miss Information

I'm sick of this election. I'm sure that I've mentioned that a few hundred times by now - but I keep changing the radio station every time a news report comes out about either of the tickets. I'm just sick of it!!!

I'm sick of hearing about how stupid people can be with their facts.

I'm amazed at the negative adds coming from the right with all the misinformation and downright lies directed at the democratic ticket.

I'm ashamed that the high road Obama started down has come down a few notches. I tell myself that at least it's not down to the level of the republican "issue" adds..........yet.

I have no earthly idea why the insertion of this woman from Alaska created such a shit storm of positive feelings.

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."?

Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're a quintessential American story?

If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim?

Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick?

Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable?

Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded?

If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience?

If your total resume is: local sportscaster, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive?

If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian?

If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and divorced your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian?

If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society?

If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible?

If your wife is a Harvard lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise afamily, your family's values don't represent America's?

If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable?

OK, much clearer now.

Can't wait for November!!!

2 Comments:

Blogger Kristy said...

Dude....you need to breathe... what we think does not matter, either way...

Country going to Hell in a handbasket... I just hope it's a fun ride.....

I cannot worry about such things with all the BAD weather lurking around the corner and shit.....

lol!!!

5:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I love you more than ever! Damn fine post.

6:20 PM  

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