You know theres those three things you’re not supposed to talk about, for obvious reasons? Sex, politics, and religion. I thought I’d keep my mouth shut, and quiet, because, really, who am I? No one important. But–

You gotta be a real asshole to think that John McCain and Sarah Palin are a good pair for the White House. Seriously. Even if you don’t like Obama, with his Democratic gear, you have to realize that he is a far better choice than McCain/Palin.

I was talking about women in office with a man I work with who is a classic Republican. I mentioned women in office and he grinned at me excitedly and said, “Well soon you might have a woman VP in the office.” I stared at him and said “Seriously? You think I’m excited about that?” Then he got this crazed look in his eye and start yelling, “What’s wrong with Palin? She’s the governor of the second biggest state in the U.S.!”

OMIGODTHATISSOWRONGISSOMANYWAYS. Really? The second biggest state in the U.S., huh? Which one is the biggest? Texas? Did anybody go to school? No, I mean, really? Come the fuck on, if you’re going to argue that at least know what you’re talking about.

Secondly, again, really? She governs TUNDRA. A FROZEN DESERT OF NOTHING. 2 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. Or, more specifically, 47th in the nation. You know what that means, right? Big Fucking Deal. I am not impressed. Then, “She defends our borders from North Korea and Russia.” What, are, you, talking, about? I comma the fuck out of this so it comes out slowly, so one might comprehend this better than that whole second largest state business a minute ago.

And you know what? I’m frigging scared of her. Because she’s a woman. I felt the same way about Clinton, because she represents the political future for all women in America. If Palin were to fuck up, you know what all the fucking men in this country would say? “Thats why you don’t put a woman in the White House, boys.” Or “Now I said that was a bad idea, and look what happened? Women….” When a woman enters the Oval Office, she has to be the biggest, badassest woman we have here in the U.S. because she has so much to prove, to everyone. Yeah, suffragism was in the 20’s. But it doesn’t mean we’re equal. It’s effing sexist that people wonder what she will do with 5 kids if she makes it to Washington. Uh, maybe her husband will take care of them? People, if she really wanted to be a stay at home mom, she could have stayed home and stayed the fuck out of my TV.

Also, this is entirely subjective and personal, but if you watched the GOP convention, she looked a nun shrouded in gray with horns sticking out of her head. I’ve never seen someone talk shit like she does, and it made me realize, thats why they got her! Not only is she a woman that McCain used ‘youthify’ (like that word, I call it a Bushism) his party, but because shes a woman she can talk shit better than the men and still look fly. And, she is not hot. Tina Fey is hot, because Tina Fey is cool and funny. Sarah Palin is not hot because she is a Republican, she styles her hair in the most unattractive way ever, and she’s crazy. The only crazy person I think is hot is Johnny Depp.

If you can’t see any of this at least see that the at least the Democratic party gives people hope for something. McCain attacks his own politics and party. You know whats sad? He actually has a chance of winning, and if he does, I’m getting the hell out of this country. I’m going home to England, or I’ll go to France, or fuck, Canada, someplace where the health care is nationalized and schools are better and cheaper. A place that takes care of its citizens, because I’m really sick of this shit. I’m 21 years old, and I’m sick of it. Thats too young. I go to school full-time, I wait tables part-time at a restaurant that might go out of business because people can’t spend their money, my parents don’t have money to help me with school although the government thinks they do, so even while I have a state-earned scholarship that pays for 75 percent of tuition, I still have about 15 thousand dollars of combined credit card and federal loan debt, and no way to pay it off. My job market is looking pretty dim, because I chose something academic and I might be giving 7 thousand dollars of my money to bailout corporate screwups next year. My boyfriend and I work entry-level type jobs to get by with 20 bucks to spare every month, and you know what? We’d like to get married. I’d like a ring. When do I think that will happen? NEVER. Theres no money to pay for it. I don’t want to get married in France, I want to get married here so my family can see it, but I just can’t. I can’t imagine raising children here, because soon, even if Democrats do take office, evolution will probably banned in schools and the speaking of Spanish might be outlawed. I don’t know when, but sometime in the last 30 years this country decided to take a big step backwards. And yeah, I’m 21, but I went to school and remembered what they taught in history class, in comparison to everyone else I know, so I might have an opinion.

Vote Obama 2008