Come on election, end!
Via this post from margann I was reading an article on the Independent (link) about the arrest of those wacky skinheads that had planned the Butch & Sundance style assassination of Senator Obama. In amongst the story of their plan I noticed an error on the story where it refers to Obama as "the first black presidential candidate". Wat? My memory isn't infallible but I recall voting for Al Sharpton in the 2004 Democratic primary and I remember Jesse Jackson running in the 80s. After thinking about it longer than I should've I decided they were making liberals look bad and I wrote them a nicely worded email. So, I've become a letters to the editor person. Seemingly I can't leave well enough alone when I think someone's clearly wrong. I also can't wait for this election to be over. All the hype and campaigning has whipped up people into a strange frenzy. Nearly anyone would be an improvement over the current US administration. Who thinks they can drive the bus better than the retard? As much as I would like to believe in "change" I just can't seem to swallow it. I expect business as usual from the future Obama administration. Foreign relations will change slightly and domestic affairs will be about the same. I'm not saying that there's a better choice. I also think it's really cute that America thinks it's edgy for supporting a moderate. I'm also not saying the politics here are any better. They're just crap in a completely different way.