Mr. President

So he won!?!?

Congratulations Barack Obama!  He sure ran a great campaign.

I must say, I was touched by hearing older African Americans talk about struggles they and their parents and grandparents experienced in life and how they never thought they'd see this day and what it means to them.  

Now, the campaign is over.  It's time to stop talking about change and actually do it.  I look forward to not hearing the word change, in fact.  And the expectations are VERY VERY HIGH, president-elect, so things will surely be interesting.  I truly, sincerely hope Barack Obama does a good job, especially when it comes to improving our economy and healthcare system.

I truly also look forward the end of attack ads, the words 'hope' and 'change', and mostly, Keith Olbermann's hourlong nightly love song.  

(My loyal readers probably truly look forward to me writing about new topics.)

I'll miss you, Sarah Palin.  

I Voted!

I won't say for whom (really, there were a lot of positions to vote on...).

However, I will say this - there WAS a spot for a write-in candidate for president.

Get Out to Vote?

Apparently Starbucks is giving out free coffee to everyone who votes.  Woohoo - I am not saying no to free coffee!!

(Brief aside:  Again, I do not support this huge 'everyone must vote!!!' campaign because I do believe the ignoramus remain ignorant but are now playing a significant role in the political process.)

Who knows what'll happen when I go into that voting booth tomorrow - I'll keep you posted for sure!

If John McCain wins on Tuesday

...we, the people of the United States, both democrats and republicans alike, can all unite under one notion...

...that it is very, very, VERY important that John McCain does not die while in office. 

Getting Out All of the Political Posts Before Election Day

So, if, on Tuesday, I vote for one of the two major party candidates (it's not looking very promising right now), I would choose, of those two utterly awful tickets, Obama/Biden. And I wouldn't be voting FOR Obama, I'd be voting AGAINST McCain/Palin. A vote is a vote is a vote - no mater how enthusiastic or unenthusiastic - it counts for the same amount.

I don't really know why Obama bothers me so much. In the entire past two years of this campaign, I have not been able to figure this out. (Sorry to 90% of my blog readers/Obama fanatics.) I think it's the fact that so many people keep trying to tell me that "just you wait Jaime - he's going to CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!"

Not everyone who has the ability to inspire have actually been able to effect a positive change. Obama's been inspiring, etc., for the past year and a half - and has this movement he's evoked actually accomplished something? (Don't tell me 'it got young people interested in politics' - he's mainly gotten them to CAMPAIGN FOR HIM, as opposed to improving anything - I suppose it's the rallying of the lemmings, not where they're actually lead, that matters to some.)

The other day I read a letter to the editor in my favorite newspaper. I don't remember the exact words, but it was something to the extent to 'Illinois is so messed up - our corrupt politicians, broken economy, etc. We need Obama! Oh wait, we already have him....' I couldn't have summed up my feelings better myself.

Again, to my loyal readers/Obamaists - I'm sorry. But man, I had to say it!

Help!!

Where might I get a McCain/Palin pin?  Or a flag pin?  I tried the grocery store and Walgreens with no luck.   Where do people get political things like this?  I need to buy it tomorrow - I dropped the ball on this one (so ordering online is not an option...).

Good Job, Mr. McCain....

It's never too late for a career in stand-up comedy....

Drinking Games for the Final Presidential Debate, Part II

Who could have possibly seen the curveball better known as "Joe the Plumber" coming?

Drinking Games for the Final Presidential Debate

Since the two candidates have completely and utterly exhausted the previous catch-phrases, I'm going with the commentators using "game-changer".  

VOTE!?!?!

Ok, it's that time - election year - when everywhere you look there's some sign or ad or crazy person telling EVERYONE TO VOTE.  

My two questions:  who came up with this campaign and was he or she thinking at the time?

Everyone seems to be blindly screaming at anyone and everyone to vote.  I've gotten random emails from all kinds of random acquaintances urging everyone to register to vote.  What is it these people are trying to accomplish?  

Now, don't get me wrong, I DO believe in a democracy and I'm not saying anyone SHOULDN'T have the right to vote.  However, I do believe that with something this important, it'd be best if 100% of the participating voters are educated and informed.

People who can't identify the USA on a map (apparently one in five Americans....), people who can't identify the four names on the major party tickets, nevermind what the different between a democrats and republicans - we want THESE people tipping the scales in swing states?  We want these people deciding the election?  We want these people canceling the votes of passionate informed voters?!?!

Truth be told, not all Americans care about politics.  Which, I guess, is our right as Americans to be ignorant.  However, taking that into consideration, maybe fewer voters would be a solution to our 'broken' political system.  America's most ignorant shouldn't be the deciding factor in one of America's most important decisions....

I don't believe these 'potential new voters' are taking more of an interest in politics, doing research on the candidate's records and stances on the issues, paying attention to current events, etc., I believe they are continuing to be just as ignorant yet now going to the voting booths. 

Maybe the campaign slogan shouldn't be 'VOTE' but rather 'CARE'.  

For Ellen, Because I Think She Will Like These

Drinking Games for the Campaign Advertising Tactics....

Every time it seems like we need an elementary school principal to pull John McCain and Barack Obama out of the sandbox and separate each other - maybe there will be a 'time-out' for both of them involved...or at least perhaps a time-out for the American people....

Drinking Games for Tonight's Debate

Including, but not limited to:

--Barack Obama throwing out George Bush's name
--McCain referring to him 'sounding the horn' on Fannie and Freddie years ago
--All previous drinking games (change, my friends, maverick, pork barrel spending)
--Main Street vs. Wall Street
--Out of touch
--Doesn't seem to understand
--Raising taxes
--Washington insiders
--Let's be clear
--Teetering on the brink

Let's see if a clear winner emerges tonight....amongst the drinking games, that is.

Decision '08

I believe I have FINALLY officially made a decision about how I will vote this Nov. 4.

I am going with the 'write-in' option.  If this is not possible (I do not have all that much presidential voting experience; I have only done it once before in my life), I am going with Ralph Nader (yes, he's running AGAIN).  

More Palintology

Several of my blog's loyal readers sent me this gem....

(Someone explain to me how to make it readable.  Thank you, much appreciated.  

Worst case scenario, google "Sarah Palin Facebook page".)

I've Come To An Important Conclusion....

After watching multiple recent television appearances, I must say - John McCain can form a coherent sentence; he is not the third term of George W. Bush.  

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THIS is the next Dubya.

Political Cartoons

Some of my readers will love these; some will hate these.  

(underneath it says "such as....the Iraq")

When John and Barack Become Too Much to Take....

This man is running for president of the United States!!!   Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr....

In all seriousness, the libertarian party is a lot more relevant than it gets credit for....  socially liberal, economically conservative - there are a lot of young people raised republican who have become libertarians.  It would be good to have a third party with a candidate in serious contention for the race....

If Barack and John continue to piss me off more and more daily....

Drinking Games During the "Foreign Policy" Presidential Debate

Every time either candidate simply re-identifies the problem instead of proposing a solution or actually answering the question.

As you read this, I am passed out.  Someone fill me in on the end of it.  

Since I've Heard People Like the Drinking Games Series....

Unlike Joe Biden, this one will get you good and drunk.  :)