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Well, now that the latest issue of Lucy is live, I can go back to blogging, right? The extent of my political outbursts has been confined to yelling at my television and arguing with people on the message board for my local newspaper. Apparently, Barack Obama is the next Fidel Castro. I’m not even kidding.

What would the letters to the editor be titled if Hillary Clinton had won in the primaries? Delightful plays on the candidate’s last name would not be possible; Hillary would not be an “Obamanation.” Granted, if it was Clinton up against John McCain, we’d be talking about how PMS might lead to nuking our allies or how bitches can’t be trusted (none of which comes up when we talk about that lovely little Sarah Palin character, who has now apparently gone rogue against her handlers). When did this race turn into one bad email forward? A look at my small town newspaper probably reflects plenty of those “Real American” newspapers. “Real Americans” don’t need facts; they apparently answer to a larger truth (where dinosaurs walk with man?) and John McCain, according to Jon Stewart, will be President of these areas (see the Nancy Pfotenhauer link below).

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I really cannot get over Sarah Palin and the blatant terror she causes in my little heart. At first, I thought she was harmless, but now I’m not so sure. In coming to grips with my fear, I was reminded of Donnie Darko and the line where decisions are based on either Fear or Love. While Donnie says things aren’t black and white like that, in this case, they seem to be. Sarah Palin lies out of fear. Fear her inadequacy will be discovered (too late!), fear her party will lose to a guy with the middle name Hussein, fear that Joe Six-Pack might wake up from his drunken stupor and realize that he doesn’t want a dimwit running the show… Similarly, I’m voting out of fear. It is well known that I was not a huge Obama fan coming into this final stretch, but since the introduction of Sarah Palin into this mix, I’m scared shitless. Everything about me knows that while Obama is not my ideal candidate, he’s also not straight up stupid, and therefore deserves my Pennsylvanian vote.

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I’ve been absent from politics and this blog for a little over a week. I wish I could have spoken to how condescending I found Palin’s “Joe Six-Pack” comment during her debate, or how disgusted I am with McCain’s latest slew of ads. I’m not going to issue a comment on how McCain’s campaign has essentially ripped off Obama’s campaign in any and every way possible. I’m going to try really hard not to dwell on the fact that a giant toddler could become President of the country. No, I’m going to bitch about abortion, the latest issue to invade my TV.

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