Friday, February 1, 2008

politics as usual

so i figured it was high time for me to say something about the current political events, debates, etc. considering it is something i learn about, think about, and argue about every single day of my life. no seriously, i do.

because i am a political science major, it seems that everyone wants to know what candidate i'm pulling for, what i thought of the latest debate, and why i'm not a Romney supporter. honestly people, you prolly know more about the candidates than i do. well...maybe thats a lie. but i didn't watch the democratic debate last night because i dyed my hair instead (the blonde has become an awesome red ps). maybe that is ignorant and uninformed of me, but hey, there have been 50 debates already in which virtually everyone said the same things, only nicer the second time around (clinton and obama case in point). i've kinda tried to keep away from the blasted things, though that doesn't mean i haven't tried to figure out which candidate i like the most and which just looks ridiculous running for president.

ok, so now to what i really think. after doing some research, it turns out i'm back where i started. i like obama. i've always kinda liked obama, though he scared me a few times with some things he said about foreign policy. hillary doesn't scare me as much as she scares my dad. but maybe that's because i'm a little bit feminist? not rabid, mind you, so don't go torching my house yet. honestly, the one thing i don't like about hillary is that i cant seem to figure out where she is foreign policy wise except for 'get out of Iraq.' ok i can go with that. but what about Iran or North Korea or Israel? ok i really only care about Iran and Israel and when i say Israel i mean Palestine. but then again obama seems pretty keen to keep feeding Israel lots of ammunition, which i'm not so kosher with. but thats my internal debate over the democrat candidates.

now, i go to a mostly conservative school, and most of my poli sci classes discuss the republican candidates, so don't you go thinking i'm ignorant. Romney is a great manager. look at his company track records. but for president? i dunno. A) he is conservative on issues that i'm liberal on and 2) i don't like his multiple choice mitt tendencies. Huckabee...HA. what a nut job. i'm all for personal religion, but don't say God made me do it, or i'll just laugh at you when God says you don't get to be President. and ron paul. what is this new fangled revolution over ron paul about? i mean, he is all for the constitution, great, but in its most literal sense?! i think not. putting a libertarian (yes, the republican is just so that he is a major party candidate) in office is like voting for anarchy. bye bye sanity. i'm fairly certain this dismissal of all the republican candidates would make my grandpa roll over in his grave, but he isn't dead yet, and thankfully doesn't know how to access the internet yet, so i bet he is still breathing.

so. thats my take. thus far at least. im perfectly content to wait to see who the nominees are and then choose from there. i mean, it would be awfully disappointing to pick your winner so to speak and then in the end have to vote for someone you don't even like.

not gonna lie, im kinda holding out for the golden ticket...the Clinton/Obama ticket that is.....

4 comments:

Taylor said...

i fail to see the gold in clinton/barrack. maybe i'm just missing something. or maybe hilary is psycho. whatever. :-)

alex bitter said...

you fail to mention my man McCain

Julia said...

I think you're right...aren't you always right? There is GOLD in a Clinton/Obama ticket. Especially after Thursday's nice "debate".

alexkhulme said...

dude thats exactly what i thought! they were so nice to eachother. i think they would do a really good job of balancing each other out, and since they have similar ideas about some things they would be a massive support group for the other person....