Spewing Hatred

This campaign reminds me of the TV show 'ER': we loved it in the beginning, watched it win awards while we faithfully kept track, and then watched as it died, slowly, over a long period of time before it finally succumbed to the awful eternity of death.

In the beginning, you loved everyone and everything; positions didn't matter so much as the fact that people with positions were up in front of you again, asking for your vote. It was exciting. So many new people, so many new faces, so many new things to think about and do, and research and read! It was incredible! And then you started picking favorites, started getting rid of the ones you hated, getting rid of the ones who weren't very good, and the campaign settled down into a smaller race, just a few left on each side. Some were given praise for their hard work, some were left out, there was an occasional scandal or two that rocked the primaries and made us all watch again. But then, twenty years later, you were tired, and the campaign was old. And the two people left, in order to retain viewership and make people remember them more than the other guy, started doing stupid things, like changing their mind on issues, or throwing negative ads at each other. And the debates? The debates were awful! They were pleading with the American audience to not forget them! Don't forget me! I've been putting in 20 hours a day for two years! I deserve your vote for that if nothing else! Fuck Joe the Plumber and Joe Six Pack, and Hockey Moms and Jesusologists! I've been working my ass for years! You are MORALLY inclined to vote for me! Ahhhhh!!! It was like watching two people argue the same position, for an hour and a half, like watching vaudeville performers decry the invention of movies, or white golfers when Tiger Woods started dominating, or white suburban mothers when black people started selling rap records...ahhhhh! The debates were awful, both candidates look more the same than they did a year ago - they should be on the same ticket! And who said the dumbest thing? I don't even know, they both couldn't say two smart things in a row. Obama said he would encourage more funding for charter school vouchers, and then said later that vouchers were bad. McCain said vouchers were bad and then later said he would fund them more! What the hell!? I thought we were supposed to elect the best and brightest, but it looks like we're limited to Dumb and Dumber. If the question about Bush is "Great president or the Greatest president?" then for McCain and Obama its "Dumb candidate or the Dumbest candidate?"