It’s Official

My absentee ballot never arrived.  This year I will not be voting.  It’s not that big a deal, though.  If China has taught me one thing it’s how worthless voting is.

Think about it.  The Chinese have no chance to vote, they’re told beforehand who their next leader is going to be.  In America, depending on where you are registered, your candidate has no chance of winning.  When I lived in California it went for the Democrat every year.  Now I’m registered in Texas, and it goes Republican every year.  It’s been pretty apparent for the past three months or so that Obama was going to win.  Your vote, when you think about it, is functionally useless unless you happen to live in a battleground state.

I’m about 90% sure I’ll never vote again.  Every year I vote for the lesser asshole, and I’m sick of it.  Nobody I think will do a good job ever wins.  McCain is a douche and Obama is a phony.  (I mean, really.  Hopes and dreams?  Yes we can?  Who the fuck believes this crap?) Unless there’s a sea change in the political landscape after this election I think I’ll be sitting in the bleachers drinking beer, watching the monkeys on teh field thinking their vote counts for something.

Jaded?  Quote Palin, “Oh you betcha!”

I had a friend contact me this morning asking for my opinion on who to vote for. I gave her my opinion, then told her, “Not that it really matters. We live in California.”

Knowing that my vote here is essentially worthless, I’m just focusing on the props. At least some of those tend to still go my way around here. I’m also hoping for a huge upheaval of a lot of local and state officials, but I’m not holding my breath.

Interestingly enough, my county is one of very few “red” counties in California. The winning candidate in our county has predicted who will win the election in 20 out of 21 elections (the only exception being Carter over Ford in 1976). I’m curious to see the outcome this time.

No doubt!  How telling would it be if the site of the Reagan Presidential Library went for Obama?

In my county, it is virtually illegal to run as a republican. You never see a Rep run or lest win, in my county, but in state offices, congressional offices and senate, the county goes republican....

oh god, i couldn’t agree with you more on this election. I personally did not vote either.
“McCain is a douche and Obama is a phony” quoted for truth.....

A friend of mine wrote in Al Bundy… heh.

Well, Ventura County went for Obama, so we’re 21 for 22.