Waiting For The Halloween Surprise

I very much enjoyed Howard Dean.
But poor guy blew his load too early....screamed within the first minute of being on stage! Ya gotta wait for it...tease them for awhile, man!

I took away a few good points. I agree, this country is more divided than it has probably ever been. That can't continue. But can Kerry really change that? Does anyone really think he's really that good? Sure, 50% of our population is going to be fired up beyond anything we've seen so far if Bush is reelected. But I believe the same goes if Kerry is elected. The possibility of either one of them unifying us is stacked against such unpredictable odds. I'm usually more optimistic than this. I just don't know.

The head of one of the leading polling organizations in the country was on the Daily Show last night. Of course Stewart asked him...so, these "undecided" people, what do they tell you? What are they THINKING? I mean, do they even have phones?
But the guy was right....most of them, most of us, we just aren't sure about Kerry. And that sucks. I mean, we disagree with many of Bush's decisions, especially that of invading Iraq without proof of the need to do so, but Kerry is really not our knight in shining armor.

Poor Dean...the best comparison was made by the Hub...in standing there on stage having to say such nice things about Kerry, he was kind of like Chief Inspector Dreyfus, standing up at Clouseau's funeral to say nice things about him, all the while ducking behind furniture to pound his fists in frustration. I don't mean that Dean's words were dishonest...much of what he said made sense to me, especially his ideas about the little man needing to run for office...but sometimes his statements regarding Kerry just weren't emphatic enough. Other than that, however, I found his convictions to indeed be believable...would we have been better off with him?

He was kind to the audience, especially to those who would disagree with him, and got immediately and obviously angry when one questioner was booed. Of course he stressed the need to vote, regardless of who your vote was for, although he was pretty much preaching to the choir. I would be embarrassed at the end of this election to be someone who says they didn't vote. People who are still that apathetic and ignorant after all this will be shunned in ways we just haven't seen before in an election.

I'm getting alot of flack from some people about this 'undecided' business. I don't feel that's fair. In an election this close, my decision is going to make a difference. I am entitled to take as much time making up my mind as I need, up until 8 p.m. Tuesday. There are people I know who might be disappointed regardless of which way I go. It's this stuff that makes people like me just want it to be over.

Then, I'll go back to writing about more important things. Like my observations on gravity, and tooth decay, and pencils.

We should all go back to pencils.


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