And Now For Some Politics
Over the last couple of days a number of people have asked me my views on the upcoming presidential election in these good old United States. So, over 5 scoops of ice cream at Pump House Creamery in Minneapolis (the BEST ice cream in the entire world), I actually took a few minutes to ponder and here’s what I’ve decided (at least for today): John McCain is a tired old right wing conservative who has done little to distinguish himself except spending time in the Hanoi Hilton. He is not a “maverick” or any type of “independent thinker”. He is a by the book right wing Republican who married a rich woman (with whom, by the way, he started playing hide the salami while married to another woman-where’s the media outrage?) and doesn’t really give a damn about much except being President. He is not pro-veteran, he is not pro-environment, he is most definitely anti-abortion rights, he favors free thought and free enterprise but only when it suits his needs, he is anti-equality for non-heterosexual people, he is mean spirited, he is stupid (finishing somewhere near the absolute bottom of the military college he attended), etc. In short, he would, most likely make an absolutely horrible President. Obama: is pro gun to all Americans, pro-FISA, pro faith based blah blah blah, unwilling to speak out forcibly on issues like abortion, equality for all Americans, Israel, intelligent design, or, as far as I can tell, almost anything. The man seems like a nice enough fellow, but what else is there to him. Those positions he has taken are positions with which I disagree, so as I told a nice attorney the other day in the kitchen of the NYC office of a prosperous national labor and employment law firm, I intend to vote for Obama, but he makes me NERVOUS. The nice attorney agreed. Just once in my life I would like to see a candidate for high office, especially a Democratic candidate, be bold, say what they really think and tell the world that if they agree with these positions then vote for him/her, if not, vote for the other person. More later.
