Political Ruminations

Being from Iowa, and it being December 26th, means that political candidate warfare is in full strength on this eve of the election year 2008.

I've been loosely following the democratic candidates, and I think I've finally landed on a candidate. Mr. John Edwards is my man, mainly because I'm sick of the Hillary/Barack jabs and mud slinging. The only real reason I'd want the mainly conservative Clinton is to piss off the religious righters who hate her with such passion, and that's not a good enough reason to support her. I love Barack Obama (even though I burp his first name all the time) because of his charisma and speaking ability (which I've been missing for 8 damn years now with Mr. Bush, the illiterate), but I think he lacks significant experience. I'd vote for him in 4 to 8 years, though.

So, that leaves me with Edwards. I love his "two Americas" spiel, and I think he truly is a rich man who cares about me, a member of the shrinking middle class. His $400 haircut doesn't bother me much, and that's about the worst thing the media has dug up on him. I wouldn't mind listening to him speak for four years, and that's a major consideration in my book.

Actually, when I do surveys, Dennis Kucinich shows up as my candidate, which means I'm left of the dial quite a bit. I want the troops home from Iraq NOW. But he doesn't have an active campaign in Iowa, so therefore isn't really a viable candidate here. HMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm. Politics is so interesting, and so boring, all at the same time.

Oh well, as long as Bush FINALLY leaves office, I'll be a happy girl. He is officially the worst President I've ever seen or heard of.

Enough politics. But the good news is I'm barely thinking about school, except for the teaching dream I had all night last night...

Oh well, my subconscious has to work this shit out somehow, I guess.