Let me reiterate for the record: I’m very liberal, voting for Obama. I think Bill Richardson would make an excellent VP. I am very anti-war. That doesn’t mean I hate the troops, and if you want to come back at me with that argument, stick it up your ass. Being a military brat, and the SIL to an Airman, I do support them. But there’s a fine line between doing good overseas and making things a bajillion times worse, and that is what our President has done. The real war, the first one, should have been in Afgahnistan. I think the Dem congress has been sitting on their ass, licking their chops, waiting— for something. What that something is, I just don’t know, but it’s disgusting. I hate Fox news (and most national news agencies, but they have a special place in my colon - because they are full of shit), believe in gay rights and don’t understand racism.

Mmmm k. Got all that?

First in the arena - McCain is paying bloggers to post his talking points. This is just shady, kids. I’m a naive idealist, so I will continue to believe that bloggers are mostly outside the corproate/polically run arena. Yeah, USA today has bloggers, and Anderson Cooper blogs, but those connections we know about. Having a candidate >pay< someone to fluff him up and not reveal the nature of the connection is just duplicitous and wrong. And here is where I get all idealist again — I don’t think Obama has to do this. He’s got a grassroots thing going on the net (via Myspace, Friendster, etc) that has payed off in millions of dollars, tons of new democrat voters, and volunteers. He’s got a fire behind his campaign. McCain just looked like the old guard trying to do the new guard tricks. I thought this was supposed to be the respectable campaign. I was wrong.

Now, on to my loathing for Fox news. It has been revealed that they were given “literal talking points to discuss on their prime time news segments.” Does this not smack of propaganda? Granted, this was reported on MSNBC, who has their own bias (I’m naive, not stupid), but I don’t think anyone except Bush and his cronies would ever get this blatant. And I find it reprehensible that a “news” company would take the bait and report the talking points as news. I really do loathe Fox news. My mom told me that to understand an argument, you had to see it from all sides, especially when it came to politics. Fine. I subjected myself to Fox and Friends on several mornings, watched a few snippets with their talking heads in the evenings… but it was so hateful. MSNBC has taken to “reporting” with the same attitude. I don’t want snarky commentors to tell me what to think. Just the facts…. please.

Now this wackjob takes the cake. And he’s from Florida, figures. I am beyond amazed that this kind of racism still exists.

And on a completely non-political note. Go over to Claire’s blog! She’s having a Pay It Forward contest. You should enter!

Oh…and it’s NOT 90 DEGREES TODAY!!! I’M SO HAPPY!!!!