Checking My Scorecard

So how'd I do on yesterday's election? I hit the big one in Obama/Biden winning the presidential election but several of the props have passed, including the hate-based Prop 8, the special-interest crippled Prop 1a, that I had hoped would not.

Total score: 7/13. I missed on Props: 1a, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11. Not especially good AND made worse with Prop 8 passing. But I'll take the Obama win first and foremost and we can sort out the other stuff later. For now, it is time to breathe again, remember that there are other things worth blogging about aside from politics.

But I would like to note that John McCain's concession speech was his best of the entire campaign and I hope he continues to urge his supporters to work with President-elect Obama (doesn't that sound good?).

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Hey, um, the Sharks are off to an amazingly kickass start!

Presidentification

John McCain is a creepy, jowly nutter. His grasp of the universe is tenuous, the shaking of his jowls when he turns his head too quickly is tremorous, his attempt to blame high gas prices on Barack Obama is ridiculous and he shows more and more everyday just how much worse we could get after Dubya goes away. His grasp of reality and his willingness to lie knowing that people know he's lying is very difficult to even consider overlooking. And then there is his desire to occupy Iraq indefinitely despite the Iraqi and American people wanting the end the war as soon as we can and bring our troops home.

If the election were between McCain and a slightly retarded goat, I'd go with the goat. Luckily his opponent's Barack Obama, a guy who looks more and more presidential, more and more like the obvious clear choice for everyone regardless of political affiliation (he, I wrote affliction first).

I kind of expect an absolute landslide crushing of McCain by Obama. I'm starting to think most other people do to. But over-confidence is a good way to get a kick right upside the head, just ask Brodie Farber.