It seems like these things come in cycles. Did the Roarin’ 20′s bring on prohibition? Did the 60′s bring on the “war” on drugs and the Moral Majority?

I’ve been convinced for a while that somehow in the end, McCain was gonna pull it out, and for the first time it actually seems like it could happen. I’m actually pretty scared. I’m afraid of how many more rights we might give up in the name of national security.

But for some reason I just have very little faith in the Democratic party to be able to win an election. I mean, George W. Bush got re-elected. If that doesn’t prove they are inept, I don’t know what could. And now the Republicans have a vice presidential nominee who I personally think is the worst VP nominee in history, and somehow she’s actually helping McCain. It’s amazing.

Republicans seem to be pretty good at winning elections while ruining the economy and destroying the constitution. Democratic party, you have failed. Since I am pretty convinced that all 55 of California’s electoral votes will go to Barack Obama, maybe I’ll vote for a third party or independent candidate, just to record my vote of dissatisfaction with the two main parties, rather than simply not voting for president which is what I am usually inclined to do.

Who on McCain’s campaign thought it would be a good idea for him to go on The View in the first place? And man these guys can just straight up lie on TV and their poll numbers keep improving. So once again I gotta say… Democratic party, you have failed!

So if you’ve been having a great time the last decade and a half or so, enjoy it while it lasts, the backlash could be coming in the form of an ultra-right-wing evangelical Christian made for TV version of sharia law brought on while Sarah Palin goes and “reforms all of Washington” for John McCain!

-Bryan

I was actually somewhat disturbed by John McCain’s response:

Neither. I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get.

In this day and age are you really qualified to be President of the United States of America if you can’t use a computer? Are you really ready to set policy in the information age when technically you’re not even qualified to be a receptionist? Maybe you’ll just rely on your wife to make those decisions for you?

Maybe I’m being a little harsh, you know, for making fun of an old man for not knowing how to use a computer, but on the other hand, my grandmother doesn’t even understand English and yet somehow manages to check her stocks online. We really are talking about the presidency here, and I believe that being savvy about information technology would be instrumental in being able to make sure our nation is prepared to deal with the challenges future!

This was also a disappointment to me because I had once mused what would happen if we had a Civ 4 battle between the candidates to determine who would get to run the county, but I guess Obama would be the winner since McCain wouldn’t even be able to use the machine to play!

-Bryan

P.S. No, this is not me endorsing any particular candidate! I doubt I will even vote, I think we all already know where all of my state’s electoral votes are going.