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I’d figure I start some election coverage since I’m all intersted in politics and everything.  Here is a rundown of who is running for president.

Democratic Candidate: Barack Hussein Obama (VP: Joseph Biden)

Republican Candidate: John Sidney McCain (VP: Sarah Palin)

I don’t know about you guys, but when I am in that voting booth tomorrow and I have that middle-name starring right back at me, I can’t help but reconsider my vote.  Seriously, who would name their kid boy “Sidney”?   Unbelievable.  That is just silly, no wonder he picked a female vice-presidential candidate.  I suppose middle-names are just reserved for rejected names.  For example, McCain’s parents thought he was going to be born a girl much like Obama’s parents thought Barack would be born an genocidal dictator (Hey! They might not be far off).

I haven’t made up who I am voting for, although I’d like to just so I can influence your decision tomorrow in the polls and for the candidates to proudly display my blog’s web address in one of their advertisements, “Wamzlee.com has endorsed us!”

I should direct my focus to the local elections.  I’ve opted to vote in Minnesota this year since I’ve lived her for the past 5 years, and politics back home rarely apply to me.  Unfortunately, I am an uninformed voter and have no clue what platform most of these candidates are on.  I know the candidate running against Jerry Mayor wants to do away with alternate side parking, but is that really an issue I want to base my vote on?  I have to admit that when the bridge closed, I was happy with the speed and quickness to handle the situation.  Although it didn’t work the best for us who work across the bridge, it was still a situation where something was better than nothing, especially when it was out of their control.

The County Commissioner post seems interesting.  I’ve been leaning towards voting for Greg Olson, although I don’t know much about him.  Joe at work says he is going to vote for him because he inspected his houses and the guy came off as a good guy.  Although I am aware of Joe’s pary-political leanings, I don’t think they play much of a part in local politics.  Also, if what is said is true about Stoltman, I definitely can’t support a candidate who takes trips to Hawaii for Commissioner meetings.  I want to live like a King too, but doesn’t mean I should.

Still up in the air with Walz/Davis, although I was thoroughly unimpressed with Davis when he showed up at the Winona County Delegate Convention.  Tim Walz has shown a willingness to vote against his party, especially on the bail-out bill that I opposed.  I don’t know why I said I am up in the air with him, Walz is a pretty damn good candidate.  Even the Republican party knows it.

Finally, the Senate seat.  The DFL picked Al Franken for their candidate.  I went to the DFL’s debate earlier this year, and I was expecting to be blown away, but was thoroughly disappointed.  The two other DFL candidates were much more impressive, although one came off too much like a politician and the other was too third-party like.  Franken?  Didn’t have anything worthwhile to say, besides telling a funny joke or two.  Not to say that Franken would make a bad candidate.  He wants to continue Wellstone’s policies, which Coleman seems to be handling in a way.  Coleman isn’t too far off from the Demoractic Farmer Labor path, as he once was affiliated with the party.  As for Dean Barkley?  Hmmm… I will take a look.

Now, for the Presidential candidates?  I can’t vote for Barack Obama.  As much as I would like to see him over McCain, I don’t think I can trust him.  He voted for the FISA bill, and he voted for the Bail Out.  What pocket is he in?  Is he in the pocket for change (see what I did there) or is he in the pocket of the big corporations?  I am quite confident it’s the latter.   As for McCain?  I don’t know….he is two-face as well.  His means will not justify the ends if he becomes President.  Take it as you will.  Some Republicans have told me that they are dead afraid of an Obama-presidency, and it seems to be the only reason to vote McCain.  I’m quite convinced that the Republican party is a bunch of scaredy cats.  One reason I like McCain being their candidate because  it gives the chance to show the extremist of the Republicans who they really are.  Hopefully a Republican loss in the Presidential race will eject these little fuckers from the party so Republicans can finally get back to what real conservatives did best: living in a pre-9/11 world.  That’s right, fuck you PFTNAC

Well, it’s less than 10 hours until voting time.  I think I better get my pen warmed up to get to the polls.

One intelligent musing that Dane Cook probably has ever uttered was “that’s not a sleep, that’s a coma” in response to people who over exaggerate, “oh, I slept like a thousand hours last night!”.  I suppose even mentioning Dane Cook has maybe lost interest for some for this post while gaining others.

These past few days, I’ve been sleeping a considerable amount, even through things.  I swear I will sleep through a gun fight….maybe I will even sleep through an Obama victory.  Or a McCain? Haha.  I caught a little bit of the debate tonight, Senator McCain seemed to be on fire.  I even got to thinking tonight as well, about how if Obama becomes president he will be the first of many things.

He will be the first president:

1.  To be of black ethnicity.

2. The first Senator since JFK to be elected.

3.  The first president to use the internet (much like FDR was the radio - read this one on digg)

4.  The first President to not have served any military service.  (from what I could find out)

Numero cuatro seems very interesting as I don’t recall a President who hasn’t served in the military since Franklin Roosevelt? I would fact check, but I am currently in a weird position in my bed that doesn’t allow me to do such things.  Forgot what they call it…oh yeah! being lazy.

Some black guy.

Psyche! He will…at least there is a 99% chance he will. Apparently an ailing Ted Kennedy wasn’t going to even show up for the convention, but the place went nuts when he did. Some good entertainment, just like a good movie. For example, people went crazy when they saw Samuel Jackson show up as Nick Fury at the end credits of Iron Man, maybe some people went crazy like me when Tony Stark showed up at the end of The Incredible Hulk. But like a Hollywood motion picture, politicians are nothing but great story-tellers.

I promised a little blog post about politics, so I might as well deliver. This election year there is only one word that can really describe my feelings and involvement: apathetic. I am not hearing what I need to hear, I suppose you could say. Obama promises change, McCain promises more of the same. One thing I can guarantee about Obama is a “change of mind”. I can elaborate on that later. As for McCain, a 2008 McCain is nowhere near a 2000 McCain — that’s troublesome.

During the primary season, I became a supporter for Ron Paul. (Unlike a majority running for president, he wasn’t a fairy-teller. He told you the reality and he told you what had to be done. As of now, he is just running a campaign to get back to the Constitution and no longer seeking the presidency. I really don’t want to make this a story about Dr. Paul though.) It was early, but my friend told me that if Obama or McCain ended up being the two party nominations, he wouldn’t be able to decide. I could agree, the two were the best of both worlds. However, as of today, he is a huge Barack Obama supporter. I don’t blame him, putting the two side-by-side, Obama appears to be a much better candidate.

I’ve spoked to some staunch Republicans about their views on McCain, and even they say that McCain isn’t their favorite but they support him because simply… “he isn’t the enemy Democrat”. I even went into the history of McCain, one didn’t take too kindly to my comments about how he may have received special treatment from the Vietcong because they discovered his father was a top admiral of the Navy. I shit you not, this is what the guy asked of me, “Are you saying he is unpatriotic?”. I face-palmed myself and just saved myself from mentioning how much of a terrible pilot John McCain was to begin with (he crashed 5 planes, Come ON!)

Then there is Obama. Who can’t say great things about him? I definitely can atleast say he doesn’t have my vote. I was always told that when something is “too good to be true, it almost always is”. For example, Obama has a tendency to do a 180° on everything he believed in. Then he picked Joe Biden. Obama has been bought.

And that is why I am so apathetic. Its no so much I am fatigued by having to listen to who the media wants me to support (as my one friend had been saying. It goes further than that. It’s the lobbying, the big-money, the corporate sponsors. Barack Obama was suppose to change all that, I was told he represented the good in all of us, but even he couldn’t escape the Telecom companies.

I’ve had a few people ask me who I was supporting, but they expect a short response, so they don’t allow me enough time to explain my decision. So I just sit back and shrug my shoulders, that’s all I can do until this one is played out.