I Sense A Shift Coming

I never go political here. Ever. Mainly because of my own confusion at this point in time. Not that I'd ever beat anyone over the head with religion politics anyway, but I might mention it. 4 years ago my generally Democrat self thought re-electing Bush was the lesser of the evils. Not necessarily "good" but better than the Kerry alternative that's for sure. So Bush, um, embellished a whole bunch & we are still at war & we are still sitting in a few places that I believe we have NO business occupying aside from the obvious two. I flip flop between wanting a government that will act & preemptively strike when necessary and wanting the US to stop believing that it has a say in every other countries disputes- a hands on say. I believe that when fucked with we need to respond or else we will as a country be repeatedly walked on. 9-11 was hell & I am pretty sure that if we didn't strike back then we would have had a few more bombings here in the last 6 years. I also am pretty damn sure that there's another biggie coming down the pike because it has to be. Simple good vs. evil mentality. A country can only prevent so many terrorist incidents before something slips thru a crack.

Just like 9-11 did.

So. I'm definetly Democrat this time around & I have seriously, seriously flipped between Hil & Obama. I like that she is a she, a mother, that she sat & watched the day to day running of the country while her husband played with cigars & interns was at the helm. I liked some of her ideas , actually many of them when she was First Lady. I often thought SHE should be in "the seat" rather than her husband. And Clinton had it easy. He fucked things up for himself personally but when it came to the US, Reganomics were still trickling down (& that worked, hello!) and it was a time of peace. Anyone that was president after Clinton's run was going to be in deep. The budget was going to crash as would the stock market after 9-11. I cannot ever blame Bush for the countries financial outlook because it would be bleak for anyone in office this decade. Clinton's sending jobs overseas really helped too...

Back to the flipping. I think I've leaned more towards Hil but I've also liked Obama's inexperience. He's not a career politician. He has new ideas & thinks like one of "us"- sort of. Maybe these are good things? Could he make it any worse? I don't know. I also read that since Hil's numbers have dropped like a hooker's panties she may pull out of the race.

I can't see her throwing in the towel. Can you? I don't know that I see her caving in embarassment.

So I'll open the door a crack. What are YOUR thoughts on the election? Who is holding your attention & why?