Hang In There, Nation!
There are 28 days left until Election Day. In that time, a horrible virus could ravage the Earth rendering its inhabitants fast-moving, blood-thirsty zombies; Sandra Bullock could do a stint in rehab; or John McCain could come back from the political brink and win this election on nothing more than vile attacks and broad smears. I think back to 2004 and recall the shock and horror of Bush winning a second term. I picture John McCain crossing the threshold of 270 votes on November 4th…I see him dying in office because he’s fucking old…I see Sarah Palin as President…My blood runs cold but my heart is beating out of my chest. I curl up into the fetal position and begin to sob. And then I look at this picture and everything is okay again:
It reminds me that Obama has run the best campaign possible. It wasn’t without its stumbles but it was hard-fought and it didn’t fall into the trap that got Al Gore and John Kerry of ignoring the smears and hoping the American people would be smart enough to see through it (they’re not). Obama has a smart, well-disciplined campaign and this little image reminds me of that. So whenever I read horror stories about John McCain or Sarah Palin, I just look at this photo and it calms my nerves and I put away my passport and stop looking for jobs overseas and return to hoping that our long, national nightmare will finally be over on January 20th, 2009.
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