Once upon a time I really CARED about the 2008 presidential election — but now??
I’m sitting here listening to the tug of war going on right now over the Democratic presidential candidacy. I’ve simply gotten to the point that I’ve overloaded on politics and politicians.Take the Democrats for example. Between Obama’s efforts to speak and double-speak to get around his former pastor’s ranting and Clinton’s “mispeaking” to dramatize her Bosnian trip by injecting non-existent sniper fire, I’m more convinced than ever that they’ll say or do anything it takes to be president. So, let’s also look at the Republicans. John McCain, who spent years standing against torture tactics based on his experiences as a P.O.W. in Vietnam, stood on the floor of the Senate a couple of months ago and urged rejection of a bill that would forbid and/or halt torture tactics by the C.I.A. Few saw the hypocrisy in that, but I did.
What are we left with? We’re left with a reality about our country that we try bravely to ignore or reject: People running for the presidency are at a point in their lives where they will indeed say or do anything to anybody anywhere to become president.
I’m convinced of that. I’m so convinced that I cannot honestly say I think there is ANY good choice for the presidency.
As it stands now, I’ll probably either 1) vote for perennial independent candidate Ralph Nader, or, 2) simply not vote for a presidential candidate this election.
I’m someone who has voted in every presidential election in which I have been legally able to vote. My first presidential election (the minimum legal age to vote back then was 21; I was 21 that year) was 1968. I’ve voted for Republican presidential candidates twice over the years and the rest of the time for Democrats.
But this year … ?
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