Analogies

Yesterday I decided to peruse the list of possible presidential candidates from the Republican party. It was more out of a gruesome interest then anything, like when you drive by a horrible car wreck and you feel terrible for the people involved but you automatically start scanning for bodies.
I was thinking of that analogy when I reached the end of the list and another one hit me. You know when you go to the humane society to "rescue" a dog, but when you get there all the dogs are either too old, too sickly or too covered in mange? Yeah. That's what this list reminded me of.
Then there is the Democratic list of hopefuls... One Guy... who just so happened to order the "double tapping" of the most hated man on the planet. Good luck to the silly bastard who decides to run against him.
I guess what struck me the hardest is the complete lack of options we have as voters. It's either Republican, Democrat, or Ralph Nader. What about the people who have negative opinions of all of them? To me the word "Republican" reeks of greed, corruption, moral hypocrisy and bible thumping. Basically they want you to vote for guys who will steal your money, lie about doing it, and fuck your old lady whilst screaming "Thou shall not covet thy neighbors wife!"
You may be laughing right now but you would be surprised how accurate this description is.
The Democrats are like that really smart kid that got sent to college on a scholarship, and you had such high hopes for but in the end the pressure got to be too much and they ended up just smoking pot and playing hacky sack in the commons.
It saddens me that our country has had it beaten into our head that you pick one or the other. What kind of option is that?
Oh by the way, the "Tea Party" does not fucking count as a third party. From now on they will be referred to as "Republican squared" or "blathering, racist, dip shits"
Moving on.... I realize that in the political campaign world, money talks and bullshit......well bullshit talks too apparently. Bottom line is getting people to drink your "Kool Aid" The more money you raise the more "Kool Aid" you can make and in turn more people will drink it. Well I'm fucking tired of Kool Aid. I want a whiskey sour or a screwdriver maybe a jaeg bomb or two. I want something to catch me off guard and leave me feeling light headed and happy for once. All Kool Aid has ever done is give me a silly fucking mustache and a belly ache when I sit in the sun. God damn it, we deserve something other then Kool Aid and we want it right fucking now, before the next round of grape flavored death drink is served to us via endless television ads and annoying lawn signs.
Find an outside candidate you can get behind and spray paint his fucking name on an overpass! Spell it out with beer cans in your favorite bar! Rock the fucking vote! do something and choose somebody before it's too late and we find ourselves without a choice.
If you need some inspiration read a news paper. there are revolutions happening everywhere, they are happening yesterday, today and they will continue tomorrow. Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and not to mention a few others on the cusp of an uprising. We as a country are fortunate to have a right to vote, USE IT. Don't waste it on the same two choices every time. It's like going to the same restaurant every week and ordering the same dish because it's the only one on the menu you like. Go to a different fucking restaurant! mix it up, find something else for Christs sake. Quit being a fucking robot and be a human being with a brain and emotions and the god given right of free thought, I don't want to die in a world where the only presidents that ever existed in my lifetime were either Republican or Democrat. I don't want to have lived in a world so fucking repetitive and predictable. Deep down inside I don't think you do either.



Love ,
Icky