Summer 2007 - Who Cares About Election 2008?
Now that it is officially summer, I'm thinking about being outside as much as possible... tending the garden... just enjoying the season.
I am NOT thinking about the 2008 Presidential election.
And yet everywhere you look, every time you turn on the news or pick up a paper somebody is saying something about this candidate or that whether you care yet or not. And there are a slew of candidates. And they all have MySpace pages now too.
Heck, states are even moving their primary dates so they can be the first in line to pick the new Prez.
Oh please.
For those of us who care about the issues more than the parties this might be a good thing, we have more time to get to know the candidates and where they stand.
But the issues could change a lot between now and the primaries. Some terrorist group could do something stupid, North Korea could do something stupid, Iran could do something really stupid and WHAM! we have more to think about than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (assuming you remember we actually have troops in Afghanistan). I can't see the current Prez backing away from any opportunity to kick some butt in Iran given half a chance.
It is too much too soon and I can pretty much guarantee that by the time we get to election day 2008 people will be so sick of the whole process that they won't go to the polls. The apathy will be palpable... no one will care. We'll all be sick of it.
I am NOT thinking about the 2008 Presidential election.
And yet everywhere you look, every time you turn on the news or pick up a paper somebody is saying something about this candidate or that whether you care yet or not. And there are a slew of candidates. And they all have MySpace pages now too.
Heck, states are even moving their primary dates so they can be the first in line to pick the new Prez.
Oh please.
For those of us who care about the issues more than the parties this might be a good thing, we have more time to get to know the candidates and where they stand.
But the issues could change a lot between now and the primaries. Some terrorist group could do something stupid, North Korea could do something stupid, Iran could do something really stupid and WHAM! we have more to think about than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (assuming you remember we actually have troops in Afghanistan). I can't see the current Prez backing away from any opportunity to kick some butt in Iran given half a chance.
It is too much too soon and I can pretty much guarantee that by the time we get to election day 2008 people will be so sick of the whole process that they won't go to the polls. The apathy will be palpable... no one will care. We'll all be sick of it.
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