My Absence - SlothJockey.com

After a long absence of complaining, watching football, and attempting to "broaden my horizons," I feel it's necessary to throw myself out there again and speak my mind.

I have been in a world of confusion what with the Presidential debates,constant headaches, and a bad sinus infection. Out of the three, I prefer the sinus infection. The headaches prevent me from thinking properly and Election '08 causes high blood pressure, hemorrhoids, and symptoms of arthritis from constantly clenching my fists. Within two weeks, I listened to Sarah Palin speak with Katie Couric and in the Vice Presidential debate against Joe Biden. I realize if John McCain becomes the next President of the United States, Sarah Palin will be the second in command. In addition, if something unfortunate happens to McCain's health—he is seventy-two years old after all—that Palin would become the next president. Just take that in for a second.

Do I still have you or are you banging your head against the wall? I am no connoisseur of political debate nor am I a representative for either major political party, but I am someone who listens. Ironically, I don't know what I'm hearing. Literally. I have no clue what is coming out Palin's mouth. With repeated gimmicks and catch phrases like "Gosh darn it" and "Hockey Moms," Palin's trying to win the crowd by "relating" to the people. When it comes to the actual issues at hand, Palin avoids the subject and tries to pump up the audience with swaggering remarks. In the Vice Presidential debate, Joe Biden directly challenged Palin on at least two occasions regarding McCain's policies on deregulation. Palin simply ignored these to continue on topics that were discussed fifteen minutes previously.

"Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities."

After Palin delivered her acceptance speech at the RNC, I looked into her statements. A community organizer is someone who brings a group of people living in close proximity together in the attempt to share a common interest. Ok. So let's take look at some famous community organizers in history:

Hmm. That's interesting. And to top things off, Barack Obama was a community organizer in the city of Chicago, which harbors a population of approximately 2.9 million (within city limits). Palin was the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska—population 9,800.

But there is one thing I want to make clear. I am not on the Democratic bandwagon. I am not a full-on Obama supporter. There were a couple of other candidates I preferred over Obama, but they didn't stand a chance. There were more than enough times in which I felt Obama shot himself in the foot during various speeches, ie, "I've now been in 57 states—I think one left to go."

But let's face it. These political figures are still human. Everyone makes mistakes and says stupid things from time to time. But the people who look stupid on a consistent basis are the ones who take the heat. Luckily this isn't a repeat of the '04 election when the famous "pick your poison" or "lesser of two evils" situation was prominently at hand. The fact is I want to live in the country where I was born, but after two terms of the Bush administration I've become weak and exhausted. If the McCain/Palin campaign prevails� well, Canada and Europe will definitely look like sanctuary.

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