Traffic Thoughts: Politics, As Usual

• I heard John McCain proclaim that “We’re winning the war in Iraq.” I am just so confused by this statement, because there is nothing to win. There is stability to create and infrastructure to build and troops to get out, but I just have this sickening feeling that Republican ideology is always “us” against “them.” The “them” could be Democrats, a Middle Eastern country or people who believe in the right that a woman should have a choice about what she decides to do with her own body.

• Then I read that Lynne Spears, Britney and Jamie Lynn’s mother spoke out about the hypocritical treatment Jamie Lynn received when she announced her pregnancy, compared to Bristol Palin, who was touted in the media, well, conservative and right winged media as a great girl with a fantastic mom who understands and accepts the responsibility of having a child at 17-years-old. It’s really disturbing and it just shows you how deeply ignorant and hypocritical and self-serving these people are. Here is an excellent clip from the Jon Stewart Show with King of the Ignorants, Bill O’ Reilly, praising Bristol and Sarah Palin, while damning Jamie Lynne and her parents to hell. It’s quite entertaining.
• Then I heard Barack Obama speaking to a crowd of journalists today about his decision to move forward with the debates while McCain is in favor of postponing them so that he can focus on the economic crisis at hand. Can’t multi-task there, John? Wow. And there are people actually voting for this man.
• Then I started thinking about how I feel about writing about politics on this blog. As journalists, we’ve been trained to keep an objective view on all things. We must not get involved. We must remain neutral. When I write about politics in here, I don’t think it really matters, because a) no one is really reading and b) I’m not a reporter who is covering either candidate on the campaign trail, so I’m allowed to have an opinion.
• This election means so much to me, that I don’t even want to speak to anyone who is not voting for Obama. This election is about my generation, about my future children’s generation, about the people in this country who cannot afford to take their sick children to the emergency room or feed their families. This is about the families in Iraq who are struggling with the same problems because of the decisions one idiotic and ignorant man made to invade their country and tear up their land. I have had enough of it and I think everyone around the world has had enough of it.
• The difference between someone who votes for John McCain and his pig with lipstick, Palin and someone who votes for Obama and Biden is that, the latter actually cares about the needs and values of other people, while the former only cares about themselves.
• The forefathers of this country, at least in theory, had the right idea. They wanted America to be a place where you could live in peace and succeed in life, no matter what creed, color or race you happen to be. To think that after 200 and some odd years, that there are still people in this country who think Barack Obama is a Muslim and that’s their reasoning for not voting for him is just MIND BOGGLING. These people need to be all stuffed in a trailer home and sent out to sea.
• Then the traffic started breaking up and I was almost home free, so I actually had to concentrate on the road. Time is ticking. The actual election is almost upon us. Sometimes I stay awake and night wondering what it’s all going to be like. I can’t wait for the day to come that I can walk into a voting center and mark a dot next to Barack Obama’s name. Si Se Puede!