(Update Post Election- being undecided is now irrelevant.)
Having declared at least that much , I expect a series of calls from the presidential roboconvincers in a matter of min.... hold on, I have to take this call, it could be my big break...Where was I?
Mmmm...Pecan for me!!!
(What happened to that hat, anyway?)
At this point?
Are you kidding me?
What could cause one to be an undecided voter, after the full on assault of this season's campaign? OK, maybe I watch too many news programs, but really, how could you not have an opinion? I'm almost ranking you beneath the people who seriously think Obama is a Muslim (I've heard he's a muslin, and in that case I would vote for the woolly McCain). I almost believe that if you suspect that Barack Fitzgerald Delano Quincy Hussein Obama is a Muslim you should be disqualified to vote. Or that you don't know enough about Obama, either. He's been going to a Christian church forever, you idiots. And I don't remember Islam being forbidden in the constitution. Most of them are not even terrorists, to my understanding. That must be a disappointing tablet of truth to swallow.
So if you don't know enough to make up your mind, shame on you. The guy has a website. The guy has been campaigning for 4 years! The guy had an infomercial! There's more out there about this fella than the all the other presidents combined! And McCain has been in the news for years after he got out of Vietnam. He has a track record and a philosophy, scandals, and political success, and his votes reflect them. He has been speaking in front of a television forever, so if all you can remember is POW and Deputy Dog (excuse me, Maverick) , you should be ashamed. Get off your lazy ass and do your homework! Turn on the radio, the TV, read a paper, look at some body's lawn sign, for god sake. Keeping your head lodged in your ass is not guaranteed in the bill of rights. As a matter of fact, I think it's expressly forbidden in the 7th amendment.
Commie! Although I don't recall seeing this at the Bolshoi.
I just think that voting is a responsibility, and not just something you do with a few minutes free after work. Homework is our responsibility as citizens of a democracy, I believe, and anyone who doesn't agree with this, doesn't appreciate this right. Isn't that a "real" American? Isn't it "really" American to defend our rights, and our right to choose? People fought and died for the right to make this vote, and our experiment has observers from all over the world, particularly this election. We are an example, whether we like it or not, and should not dismiss that lightly. Lives here and around the world depend on demonstrating our values and not buying into every line of crap that comes down the political sewage pipe. Don't waste the opportunity you've been given by giving voice to such nonsense.
This is just as likely true, or maybe more so.
To say Obama is Muslim is to insult Americans who value our democracy, as well as likely a veiled racist excuse. Not enough experience, okay, I don't agree with you. But Muslim? Go home, the lever is off limits to you!!! I thought I had lost my idealism after the supreme court decided the last presidency, but it has come back, and I'm afraid my slip is showing. I believe in our example to the world, and I don't believe it is our guns which speak for these standards.
Who says idealism has to be uninteresting? This is a dangerous object in an ideal world. I actually slipped on a peel once. In the interest of full disclosure, I didn't think it was funny at the time.
I found the panels of undecided on the networks after the debates to be unconvincing. I also found the panel people who confessed to having decided during a debate to be both predictable and foolish.
The registered Republican who "decides" to vote for McCain, or the registered Democrat who "decides" on Obama knew all along, and no they have forfeited their opportunity to appear at the following debate. Really? You didn't know? How much weed could you possibly smoke?
The panelists should have had a buzzer sound effect at that moment of decision, and the floor should have fallen out beneath them. Their 15 minutes had officially ended by choosing a candidate. They probably didn't total the full fifteen minutes they were guaranteed by the constitution. I wonder if they will see the rest in a rebate check.
Obama and Palin on the campaign trail.
How did she get that thing past secret service?
I thought about things that could likely go undecided by the people who where undecided about this election. These people could be:
1) Undecided whether they are gay or straight.
2) Undecided which rest room to use.
3) Undecided whether they like Brussels sprouts or not.
4) Undecided how to change a light bulb (This group has provided hours of humorous and not so humorous material to the vaudeville crowd, and still can be used in a nursing home routine).
5) Undecided whether or not you are the mother of your own child.
6) Undecided whether or not they may have isued the fart that impresses their nose.
(I include number six only because once when we were kids, one of my many siblings passed gas, and although we had a general consensus about the "dealer" my mother suggested that perhaps the one who "dealt it" was unsure about the dealing. I was immediately suspicious of this possibility. I mean, how could you not know? (I seem to gain a greater understanding of that woman the older I get) I suppose I also included it because I seem to be fond of the body function metaphors, particularly concerning politics.
If you can be undecided at this point, who knows what might slip past you?
THE DEALER
"I ate broccoli before my shift! Film at 11!"
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