We step away from the usual daily blather to talk politics. Why? 'Cause I got nothing today.

Anyways, with the big election coming up, I am even more of a political junkie than usual. And, yes, being a political junkie kinda isn't a very healthy thing to be. The thing is that with the election coming up and with my guy being the candidate, it's really hard to resist paying attention despite the fact I should know by now that it's time like this that create more teeth gnashing and blood pressure rising than anything.

For instance, there's the fact that polls are showing that while most people think the Iraq war is a mistake and want us to leave, polls show that people think John McCain will do a better job in doing so. This despite the fact he's been a major supporter of the war and his belief that we should stay in Iraq forever and ever and ever. This also despite the fact McCain comes off a bit trigger-happy and is a diplomatic crisis waiting to happen for his predilection to make jokes about killing Iranians. Then there's the old perennial, how a huge whopping amount of people keep on saying the economy is the biggest issue and that they really need health care yet prefer the one candidate from the one party that has absolutely no fucking clue as to how to do either. Or has shown any interest in doing so.

Which is kinda why I wish a candidate, upon hearing from somebody in South Carolina or Indiana complain about how they lost their health care when they lost their jobs would tell them "well, you maybe if you weren't so fucking stupid and voted Republican, you'd have health care and a job right now."