I don’t want to hear anything for a long time with “2012″ or frontrunners, or people visiting Iowa or New Hampshire or the damn steak fry or the Jefferson-Jackson dinner or the flipping straw polls or delegates or super-delegates or primaries or caucuses or anything from David farking Yepsen or any of that crap for a long while. I don’t want to hear about who the frontrunner is or how many endorsements he or she has or which party boss is pushing his or her guy or gal for the nomination. I don’t want to hear about Governors and Senators and Congressmen and women who are “testing the waters”. Or any of it.
Today is our election. After that will be the transition and after that the new government must govern. Not campaign.
No campaigns for a while.
Thanks.
Well said, O-dub, well said. Please let this be a great day for America.
Here are my thoughts on the election, the awesome Obama campaign juggernaut, and the post-election outcome, summarized in movie clips.
I heard Sean Hannibal today talk about a “conservative underground”(his words) should McCain lose. Campaigning has already begun unless by underground Sean meant graveyard. Let us hope.
I like a good election, but two damn years? There has to be a better way.
I don’t want to hear the word “campaign,” ever again. It’s ugly, stinking piles of misinformation, fear, and hatred like this campaign season that makes me sincerely wish the US had a lifetime monarchy.
Which we almost had in Dubbyah, so I suppose I really don’t want that, either.
“I don’t want to hear the word “campaign,” ever again.”
Please don’t tar both sides for the ugliness; I can’t stand it when the media do this when it’s so clear which side the ugliness has come from.
Subtract Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright and “socialist” and “terrorist” and you have Obama reminding Americans what we can do when we have the collective will, and that we can, if we choose, live up to our promise.
I’ve been voting for 45 years but have never been so inspired–by Obama’s unwavering focus and thick-skinned determination. What he may teach future campaigners is that THE HIGH ROAD WINS. We have to wait and see. Madison Avenue always pays attention to winning strategies, and political operatives can’t be too much more obtuse.
two thoughts:
1) Public campaign funding is dead
2) On my way out of my building this morning, I rode down in the elevator with my friend and neighbor — a black man. I said I was going to vote. He said he had already, glowing with pride. He was so exuberant and excited, I thought, “For YOUR sake, I hope Obama wins”.
I couldn’t agree more. Win or lose, I am glad it is finally over. This was way too long. 4 years from now shouldn’t be as bad with only the Republican side (presumably) seeking a candidate (unless Hillary pulls a Ted Kennedy).
I know this isn’t important, but I never heard who made the better cookie, Michelle Obama or Scary Vampire Woman? My bet is Scary Vampire Woman never actually made a cookie herself but if it had beer in it I might have to try it.
A parliamentary system looks real attractive at times like this. In Canada, the PM announced elections, and six weeks later it was over.
Parliamentary system? What’s so great aboot that, eh?
P.S. Amen, Oliver.
Parliamentary system with proportional representation. There’s a political system everyone, meaning we, should use.
As for America, scrap the electrical college because DEAR GOD it is stupid, and scrap the nomination process too because it makes general elections last three damn years. Go with internally elected party leaders like everyone else.
I never heard who made the better cookie, Michelle Obama or Scary Vampire Woman?
Try Cindy’s Vicodin Crunch Clusters. They’re to die for.