The Give Up.

So I figured out why I can't handle politics for an extended period of time. It is because in the end...everything just becomes ridiculous and terrible. I still have very strong opinions about just about every issue. But it really doesn't matter. People will still see only what they want to see and that is that.

I had to listen to a co-worker yesterday tell me how I don't know where my media is coming from but she "only watches Fox News Channel." I then asked why. Because it is "fair and balanced," she replied. I asked how she knew. She couldn't come up with a concrete answer. She told me that she believed Hannity and Colmes, because they seemed like they were honest. I watched Hannity and Colmes for a few minutes last night so I could have something to explain to her today while at work. In response to McCain flying to Washington to somehow save the financial bailout deal, H&C were going to have on Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, and Condoleeza Rice. Fair and balanced, huh? My co-worker didn't come to work today. :( In response to her telling me that she really liked Sarah Palin, I asked, "You do realize that you are more educated than her, correct?" Her response was..."Well, she was smart enough to govern Alaska." Hmm. This woman will never see something that she doesn't already believe, never.

I also took the time to look at both candidates webpages today to compare and contrast. Seriously, go to both websites. It is ridiculous. It is soo silly. They are pretty much identical in almost every way. In explaining the issues...they both list about 95% of the same things. The only difference I could really see was that of McCain including gun control into his issues. And how he supports the Second Amendment. Now, I am an Obama man. I would never hide that. And I challenge you to dispute the validity of the following statement, but Obama has listed his policy ideas and solutions on his website for quite a long time now. McCain I would imagine, has not. And now McCain is basically campaigning for the EXACT same things Obama wants. Eerily similar to how McCain started saying that he was going to be the one to bring change to Washington. HOW? How can he possibly make that claim? If you went into a coma around 10 months ago, and woke up today, the first thing you might say to yourself or someone around you would be..."Wait, Obama was campaigning using the slogan about change when I got in the bad car wreck."

I am sick. John McCain makes me sick. Literally ill. He went from being a very good candidate in 2000 to being the outright puppet of a Republican campaign machine. What a real "maverick" he is. I hate him.

I may add more later, but my liberalism ends at 4:30 on Friday afternoons because work is over.