Change of plans, I got MAD

So I was going to talk about candidate bumper stickers and t-shirts. The Idea that you can change my mind with a sticker on your back window is insane... And, when your candidate looses you need to remove the sticker because it just shows how stupid you were by backing the loser. And if your candidate wins your just gloating over the loosers, which is just mean.

I was going to say more then that but I got a call from the Obama campaign last night and it MADE ME MAD. There are two types of calls candidates will make to the commoner and both are useless.

1. The automated call: I have recorded a prepared statement (and by prepared six speach writers have written it and four audio guys have peiced the best takes together into a working statement to be broadcast to the masses) that does not answer any questions about the candidate and gives no real information about where they stand on any issues whatsoever. It's basically a vote for me sign said outloud.

2. The volunteers from the campaign call you. Some kid (probably in his 20s earning extra credit in his poly-sci class) is reading from a script. So, not only are you not getting the entire story about the candidate from the script-writers, your are relying on someone who is failing college to convey this information to you.

Both of these methods I view as a slap in the face from a candidate. He's basically telling you that since you are at home you obviously don't have anything better to do then listen to him telling you what he thinks you want to hear. There is no substance to anything that is said during one of these calls and if you show the least bit of interest about a candidate (I made that mistake the first year I could vote) all your rewarded with is the more of the same calls over and over again.

I received my call last night in the middle of making dinner and it threw off the timing and my F'ing halibut got overcooked. So I will not be voting for Obama (just kidding, the fact is I probably won't vote for either of them, but not because of any fish meal but because the sytem is broken)

All the people involved on the making and receiving ends of these calls need to learn one basic rule, There is only one way to get to truly know a candidate (which is pretty much impossible to accomplish). You have to get them slightly drunk and have a face to face conversation with them when none of there handlers are around. That's the only time you won't get a sack of S' from them and might find out where they personally stand on any one issue. This also extends to interviews on cable news channels. But, I will stop here, I promise to rant more on the subject of politics closer to the actual election but frankly, since there are two months till that event, it's a waste of my time and yours to talk any more about it.

I promise to make tomorrow's topic a little lighter and more relevant to our daily lives...