I’m really getting tired of this presidential election. Really, truly. To the point where any time someone mentions Bush’s latest blunder, or Kerry’s latest flipflop, or Bush’s latest doofusity, or Kerry’s latest pomposity, it’s like someone driving a red-hot icepick through my eyeball and into my brain. It’s a time when I wish I could just turn off my critical reasoning abilities and be a gung-ho supporter of someone. Or a rabid opponent of someone. Because being an ever-amazed reluctant supporter of one somewhat more important policy aspect of one candidate vs. an irritated disdainer of the other candidate even though on paper more of an ideological match to him, is getting even older to me than it doubtless is to you.
To wit, I am not a fan of George Bush. I happen to think he was right in his foreign policy (if not execution) in Afghanistan and Iraq, more so than that of John Kerry (to the extent that it can be coherently stated), and that in turn weighs marginally more than my disdain for much else of Bush’s (domestic) policy, which is in turn marginally greater (disdain-wise) than my not-insignificant disdain for Kerry’s domestic posturing policy, which in turn is greater than my desire to see Bush voted out of office so that the incessant clamor of his opponents could be stilled, or at least muted.
And don’t get me started on Ralph Nader.
Maybe I’ll just try to focus on local/state election news from here on out. Sh’yeah. That’ll lower my blood pressure. Right.
I can relate to your election fatigue. I’ve tuned it all out at this point. I’ve already decided to vote Libertarian since it’s the only thing I can stand doing this time around, so the actions of the two big contenders just serve to annoy.
I can also relate. I’m just so tired of it all, regardless of what side it’s coming from and I can’t get away from it. For example, I have people who ask if I’ve watched the debates – and when I say no, proceed to talk about it ad nauseum, missing the entire point that I didn’t watch them because I.didn’t.want.to.hear.it.
Sorry for ranting.
No need to apologize. I certainly have been doing it plenty here myself (hence the post title).
I’m ready for this to be over too. Not just the presidential race. If I see one more Pete Coors/Ken Salazar ad I swear I’m going to fire bomb something. It’s a good thing I have a digital video recorder or you’d be seeing me on the news.
There’s more than one reason I don’t watch the local news (which seems to carry the most local politics ads), but that’s among them.
I like your blog. I wish you could put a little more effort into the politcal side. As a political junkie for many years I have found this election cycle to be the most interesting i have ever seen. I think this election will define the direction of this country for a long time to come and can’t understand anyone who could be bored with the future of our country.
I guess some people can’t get past their own personal interests.
Nancy