Non-Political
February 8, 2008 – 4:44 pmNon-political
I have a confession to make - I am not political. Other than knowing the basics ( like Republicans are generally wealthy, uber-religious homophobes who tend to carry concealed weapons and Democrats are usually the opposite) I just can’t tell you much. Recent laws passed? Nah. Who was running for President, who’s dropped out and who is still in the running? Kind of. I know Fred Thompson is out (because he was on "Law and Order") and couple other guys too . . . . I know Hillary and Obama both are still in and Obama has Oprah on his side and Huckabee has Chuck Norris on his. Who’s on Hillary’s side (other than Bill)? Is this like Red Rover, where the biggest team with the coolest kids wins? Does Mike Huckabee have anything to do with the movie "I Heart Huckabee"? Oh. I do remember John Edwards is out – but only because I heard about it on E!’s "The Soup" and they were making fun of his appearance on Tyra Banks’ talk show (more so making fun of the fact that he had to endure it than anything).
It’s surprising that I know, or care, so little when I have so many friends who are very political. I have friends who work in D.C. and friends who work on campaigns. I have friends who made went to college for this political stuff and the entire subject makes me feel very small and very stupid. What the hell is a caucus? And all these Tuesdays . . . why are they so important? Super Tuesday? What? Is it because it fell on Mardi Gras? What made this Tuesday’s voting more important than any other? I think I get the basics of voting with the state and the electorial college and all but honestly, after the whole issue with Florida and Bush stealing the election and the guy I voted for getting screwed . . . well, I don’t know how it all works, really. How can I cast my vote and say who I want, but in the end, its this college or cabinet or group of people who really get to choose and in the end, that doesn’t matter either.
The last time I voted – I was sick. Supersick. I know it was November 2004, because I voted after working in downtown Portland. I know I voted for Gore, mostly because he wasn’t Bush. I don’t remember much else.
Do the issues stay the same each election? More taxes, lower taxes, a woman’s right to choose? Get our troops out, send more troops over, quit pissing off the guys who control the oil and gas prices. Its all a big fat question mark and one I don’t feel all that inspired to learn more on. I just want a quick, down and dirty political lesson. These are the candidates, these are the issues, this is what you should be concerned about and this is just for show. Here are the things that will affect you the most. This is what you need to be concerned about and why. I find it hard to sit and listen to the news, because as I find out, certain news stations are more Republican and others are more Democratic.
This is just one of the topics on my list of "Things Everyone Else Got into that I Missed the Memo On, Apparently". Its as if there was one day at school that everyone got informed and jazzed up on it all and I was home sick. It was probably the day I had my meningitis scare.
