Yawn

Does anyone else think that the circus that has become the 2008 presidential election has devolved into nothing more than a choice between who is likely to do the least damage to this country?

I like McCain and Palin better than Obama and Biden because I am terrified of the socialist agendas that can get realistically passed with a reigning democratic congress and a young democratic president who will look forward to a 50 year legacy that he’ll be worried more about.  I foresee Pelosi and Reid pushing Obama into signing legislation he may otherwise avoid.

On the otherhand, I haven’t seen a shred of anything out of McCain or Palin that makes me think that they would make the country better.  If that pair simply treads water I’d be impressed.  Again, still better than Obama since I believe he will get bullied by an inept congress into signing disasterous legislation.  Any plans for change Obama thought he was going to accomplish, like the dreaded Universal Health Care touted by Hillary and himself have been dashed, or at least mercifully postponed, by this economic crisis.  So again, the most we can hope out of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is that they tread water.

Since they are more or less indistinguishably incompetent, my expectations for whichever buffoon is elected, are extremely low:

• Don’t backtrack in the middle east.  Iraq and Afghanistan should be the same or more secure than today 4 years from now
• Do not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon and support Israel if they launch a preemptive strike
• Avoid a major relations disaster with Pakistan
• Do whatever it takes to prevent domino bank collapses in the coming months
• Maintain or rReduce the government’s role in healthcare, do not increase it
• Do not raise taxes for anyone.  If we have a budget deficit, reduce spending.

That’s it.  I will vote for John McCain because I believe he is more likely to achieve those very mediocre goals.  Barack Obama, in an effort to help the people who choose not to or cannot afford private health insurance, will drastically reduce the service quality of the healthcare (and drive up the costs) for those of us who do.  Since I am among the 250 million Americans who do already have health insurance, the last thing I want is for its value to decrease.

Either way, I’m disgusted by this cast of clowns given to us by American politics as our only two choices.  It’s down to picking the lesser of two evils again, just as it was for a great many in 2004.  So much for change.