WTF?

to the left is a picture of republican candidate mitt romney. i consider myself a libertarian, but when practicality pushes and shoves, i normally go with democrats, because i hate them less. i have to say that i have found that i waiver betwixt obama and hillary. if you want to be practical about it, obama is a great candidate, but i would like to see him win in 2012. i think that hillary should win this one, maybe just so i can see bill clinton in the white house just one more time, lol.

actually, there is something exciting about a woman being on the ballot for president. it means that we live in an exciting time. although, the old joke comes to mind:

how do you get a woman into the oval office?
have her run against a black man and a homosexual.

the other day, i was at the gym working out and there was a small gap between when i finished working out, and when the pool would open up, so i sat down in this little lounge area and watched tv and rested for a minute. what was on was that insipid "insider" show. i watched for a few minutes, until i couldn't take it anymore. i didn't realize the remote was available until i got up and saw it stuck between 2 cushions. i sat back down and surfed a few channels. i then realized that the pool was opening up and that i should get going. i turned the tv to bravo and project runway was on. i smiled quietly to myself and walked away, leaving it there.

now, to place this in context, you have to remember that i live in north idaho. the tv is in a spot that everybody that goes from the front desk to the weight room has to see it. i have never walked by it w/out some form of sport or ESPN variant being on.

for some reason, i wanted to rattle people in my own subtle way and leave a show about fashion design on. dunno why. maybe it was my little rebellion against the rampant homophobia that exists here. couldn't tell you.

i think there is a little bit of that impulse with my endorsement of hillary clinton. i think it would be interesting to see what a woman would do in the oval office. i have found that her policies are generally okay (though i do fault her for voting for the patriot act). i think, more than anything, i want to see the evangelicals sweat.

i have major issues with the fact that this insane sect of our society is soooo pandered to. does anybody else get the feeling that politicians treat these people like spoiled children? it's like a voting demographic full of verruca salts.

"but, daddy, i want a theocracy."

"but, verruca, sweet-heart, that's what our forefathers escaped from."

verruca yells "i want it now, and you're going to get it for me; or i won't vote for you."

"oh, all right...."

mrs. salt "if you don't give her what she wants, you're going to be very unpopular around here, 'enry...."

i think that there is something obscene about the politicization(sp?) of religion.

the reason that romney graces the top of the blog is b/c i found something really interesting while i was perusing the net at work. here is an article that i found interesting. the idea behind the article was that the "evangelicals" are upset that there is no candidate that they can fully support and stand behind.

here's a quote:

"Romney, who this week picked up the endorsement of Bob Jones III, the chancellor of Bob Jones University, is viewed with suspicion by some evangelicals because he had previously supported abortion rights, a stance he has since disavowed. Polls suggest that his Mormon faith is also a concern among some evangelical voters. "

isn't there something wrong when the southern baptists and the WASPs think that the Mormons are TOO crazy?

granted, upon further research, it turns out that he was cool about homosexuality for about half a day in 2003, but then was good about reversing that in 2006.

i read a really interesting quote and i can't seem to find it, but it goes something like this: "the problem from fanatics of any religion is that they seek to limit the dialogue about human spirituality"

i know i killed it, but hopefully i have been able to get the point across.

i also read a really interesting article a while back that pointed out that if the LDS church decided to back Romney, he would be the undisputed front-runner. who, outside of the campaign trail veterans in washington, knows how to mobilize a force like the Mormons. if they can dictate to each of their card-carrying members to spend 2 years of their lives trolling neighborhoods across the country in pairs, imagine what they can do with political conviction wrapped in a blanket of moral certainty?