sunday, september 21, 2008
New Found Interest
All of this presidential race has gotten my brain numb. I never thought that I could be so addicted to any news that denounced one candidate over another just so my candidate would look good. I was interested in hearing any siphet of gossip, rumor or negative factual or nonfactual information that would ensure my candidate would win one of the most important elections of our American history. Not since the OJ trial have I been so riveted by news TV. Even having the opportunity to talk with my kids about something other than their lack of doing anything I really want them to do has been an enlightening experience. The release of the X-box was not as exciting. My discussions with my son about the NCAA final four have not even as heated as our discussions about this election. Even my daughter wakes me at 12:00 am to catch a news show of a candidate being interviewed. I couldn't believe how they were really interested in the future of our country. Then it hit me!!! They were really interested in the future of our country!! These supposedly mindless, just want to have fun, play video games all day long strange human beings, were actually paying attention!!! What finally got them to this point??? Was it war or the economy? Was it unemployment or draft possibilities. I mean, when did my daughter decide to turn from MTV to CNN? When did my son decide to talk about McCain versus Obama, rather than the Redskins versus the Cowboys? Well, actually that never happened and I don't think it ever will. Ok, so how did he get me to talk about politics with him, rather than his silly ways? Wow, what a huge opportunity we have in this country now to reach these weird people. Maybe with their newfound political interest, they can finally pick up their dirty clothes. I mean surely no person with thoughts of social justice, peace and tranquilty will now leave their dirty shorts lying around. Surely.
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