…so, yesterday we got lots of things done. cleaning, lots of cleaning, plus kevin finished the new floor on the screened-in porch. oh, and the great big picnic at our house was CANCELLED because of the weather. so that was kind of relief.
but today…not so much getting done. i’ve been sitting here reading about the election and at least people who write for a living are making their feelings about the election known.
but i’m still so afraid of the way way way too many stupid people who are suddenly very excited about voting for john mccain.
i just read that KARL ROVE said in an interview that mccain was going too far in his ads full of lies. yes, you read right, KARL ROVE. hard to believe.
this was written after palin’s interview on thursday night:
Sarah Palin Naked
By
Michael Seitzman
The Huffington Post
Posted September 11, 2008 | 11:21 PM (EST)
She said “nucular.” Twice.
I realized three things tonight. For one, if you are a McCain/Palin/Bush voter, you and I do not have a difference of opinion. We have a difference in brain power. Two, she really is as ignorant as I feared. And, three, she really is kinda hot. Basically, I want to have sex with her on my Barack Obama sheets while my wife reads aloud from the Constitution. (My wife is cool with this if I promise to “first wipe off Palin’s tranny makeup.” I married well.)
Now, I want to be clear and speak directly to those of you who LOVED that Palin interview. You’re an idiot. I mean that. This is not one of those cases where we’re going to agree to disagree. This isn’t one of those situations where we debate it passionately and then walk away thinking that the other guy is wrong but argued well. I’m not going to think of you as a thoughtful but misguided person with different ideas who still really cares about the country and the world. No, sorry, not this time. This time, if you watched those interview excerpts and weren’t scared out of your freakin’ mind, then you’re mentally ill, mentally disabled, or mentally disturbed. What you are NOT is responsible, informed, curious, thoughtful, mature, educated, empathetic, or remotely serious. I mean it.
But I like to think that anyone can change.
Stop voting for people you want to have a beer with. Stop voting for folksy. Stop voting for people who remind you of your neighbor. Stop voting for the ideologically intransigent, the staggeringly ignorant, and the blazingly incompetent.
Vote for someone smarter than you. Vote for someone who inspires you. Vote for someone who has not only traveled the world but who has also shown a deep understanding and compassion for it. The stakes are real and they’re terrifyingly high. This election matters. It matters. It really matters. Let me say that one more time. This. Really. Matters.