Game update: Gephardt fouls out. Dean on the bench with four.
Lately I’ve been tracking the Democratic Presidential Delegate Scorecard (neato graph) at CNN.com like it’s the box score of a basketball game.
I have found myself anxiously awaiting who will announce their resignation from the race like they’re players fouling out of the game.
I’m not really rooting for anyone right now, so I have just a general interest in what’s going on in the race to be my next president. (Yes, he’s the country’s president, but when it all comes down to it he’s my president.)
This year marks the first time that I am truly interested (worried?) enough about a political subject to actively seek out information on it. I watch the news often enough, and religiously during major international events, but otherwise try to stay on the far fringes of political topics of conversation. Living in DC, one has to set their mind to not talking about politics at parties.
This year’s race, though, is proving more important, and thus more interesting, to me. Possibly because I am racing head on to my 30th birthday in just over 2 months. Maybe because I listen to NPR every morning and night on my commute. Nah.
I am convinced more and more that a large portion of my interest stems from the fact that I am scared of my current president, George W. (The funniest thing about his site is it’s title, “Non-partisan 2004 Presidential Election Campaign Resources.” Cracks me up!)
For all the same reasons as everyone else. Most glaring in my mind is the fact that he is a complete half-wit, and that’s spotting him some points. I would like to point out that the previous link is a White House-released transcript with the President of the United States of America quoted as uttering the phrase, “high-priced money.” High-priced money?
I’m not here to make fun of or provide a list of the dopiest Dubya quotes. Bush II saying stupid things is not news. I am more baffled by the overall breadth of his stupidity, than any one imbecilic phrase that happens to come out of his face.
Dubya’s penchant for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time is a time bomb waiting to go off. I don’t think this is a small topic or immaterial to the argument against Bush when you think about the fact that one errant remark from the world’s most powerful man can be, well, a powerful thing.
One of my least liked qualities in a person is being a “single issue voter,” but I must admit that the most important thing to me in this year’s presidential election is that George W. Bush loses.
So, even though I don’t align myself with any particular party, even the so-called Independents, I can’t help but be interested in what’s going on around the left side of the political court this year. Now that football season is over, it’s great to have another good game to watch.
