Political humor

There is a ridiculous amount of people who are taking jabs at the presidential race this year. Here's an entire site dedicated to poking fun at the candidates and their running mates.


This photo of Sarah Palin is obviously a fake, but this is the kind of thing that people are going to remember. It's so over the top that it makes it seem like it may be part in truth...if that makes any sense. If I were to vote, I know that this is something that I would have in the back of my mind- this juvenileb picture that makes HER seem juvenile.

I would vote for...

Obama purely based off of his environmental plan. I like that he's on the cases of larger corporations that have a tenancy to be big polluters. His Cap and Trade program sounds like it could really work if implemented correctly. I feel that the way he plans on auctioning off the rights to emit a certain amount of gasses is smart because the money earned from these auctions will be used in order to support the advancement of technology. This is in addition to the large sum he's said that he would set aside for further improvements on environmental development.
I like that he has specific targets for the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions instead of ambiguous promises of eventual progress.

Upbeat

According to the typology survey, i am "upbeat" with my political views. After reading what that means, I'm not all that shocked because it's true, I'm not really gun ho about any one issue/policy etc. It associated me with voters that agree with George Bush, and I don't know if I necessarily would agree or disagree with though. I hate my views on politics to be quite honest- it's one of the few things that I am forever indecisive about. I cannot take a stand on anything- I don't understand it. I want to say that I just don't care, but I don't want to say that either. My typology result tells me that I'm optimistic about my financial standing and that I have no ill feelings towards immigrants. These are true statements, so can there just be political stance called "content"? That would be great. Or maybe "content and looking", since I am aware that there are things that need to be talked about such as the environment and the war.
Also I just read the profile for other "upbeats" and I find that quite interesting. They are financially sound, typically white suburbians, Catholic, young and well educated. I'd say yeah, I fit that description pretty well- I'm just wondering if every type of American has a different view. That would make sense, but is it possible to sort of lump them all together like this just did for me?

The biggest issue...

I'm not really passionate about any subject to be honest, but that may be because I don't know a whole lot about any one thing. If I had to pick, I would think that the most important issue for us to tackle first is... well actually I think that it may be a tie between the war and what the next step is and the absurd prices of EVERYthing right now...

watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJcQMve0e8w

watch the whole thing for the Barak Roll- it's pretty good

alright...on to the RNC

Near the beginning of the 3 minutes of pure cheering that kick started McCain's speech, is it my imagination, or did the camera guy show a man with a sign that said "McCain votes against VETS"? It was a fleeting moment, so it came off like an accident, or I could even be wrong...that just stuck out to me.
I also really thought it was interesting/cool the way that he addressed those who are new/unsure to/of voting. I liked that he thanked us for the opportunity to "win our trust".
He sucked up to Obama and his supporters pretty well, I must say, but he's pretty confident that it's he that will win the election. Between the commercial to Obama and helping out with the hurricanes, and the butt kissing that went on again in his speech, McCain is doing his darnedest to appeal to everyone. His family values and election of a female VP really have people talking about him, which is exactly what he wants.

ps- what was the deal with that crazy lady and the flag? I couldn't make out what she said- what a bunch of crazies. It was really irratating that everytime that McCain attempted to make a point, the crowd chanted obnoxiously. blegh