The Beginning, or End, of Hope. You Decide Tomorrow.

As much as Matthew Arnold, my patron-saint of Art criticism, would abhor this blog's involvement in politics(See "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time"), I feel it is my duty as cognizant human being who claims a high taste, which I argue pervades over almost all spheres (taste, not MY taste), to endorse LOGIC.

Or Obama. Same thing really.

Barack Obama is objectively the only decision in this election. This is true. No minced words.

(Never mind that he genuinely wants to improve the quality of life for ALL of American citizens (not just the ones that can afford $150,000 wardrobes, stylists, aestheticians, and to fly her children around the country and charge it to the taxpayers), through alternative energies, standardized health care for all, and finally holding the embezzlers on wall-street responsible for their gross oversights and greed)

This is true simply because Palin has proved herself incapable of filling the office of president.

Oh yes, you read correctly. I wrote that Palin is running for president. This is because by voting for McCain, you are voting for her almost directly. John McCain is SEVENTY TWO years old. While some may argue that this gives him perspective over more than half a century, doctors and people who have a slight knowledge of Biology would tell you that he IS GOING TO DIE. I give him two years maximum.

He survived melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer quite lethal (lethal enough for me to have 3 large scars on my back and chest simply so I could avoid the threat in the future). A lot of people don't survive it. He did. Good for him.

He survived Vietnam. He even survived torture.

He won't release his health records. He can't remember how many properties he owns (around seven?), he can't remember who he's debating ("THAT ONE!" and "Senator Governor" are two of his favorite pet-names for Obama). Because of these factors, we can only conclude that his health is notably waning, and that he has already begun the terrifying descent into senility.

But what about the old adage "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"?

Have you ever seen a cancer patient after chemotherapy? Have you ever spoken to a paraplegic about his desire for a speedy death--through a computer, no less? Actually, the very nature of disease and virus is that you become weaker from it so that it may gain property on the evolutionary playing-field (I don't really recall too many Plague or Cholera patients who claim to be stronger because of their experience, even the ones who do survive). Don't even get me started on the possibility of McCain having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (note, this is bad for a president who potentially has to be in environments reminiscent of the original war-environment).

McCain may be a maverick (actually, he's conservative, kind of anti-maverick by definition), but he is not immortal. He has suffered the wear and tear of existence--Cancer, Vietnam, living almost 3/4 of a century--just passing the average life expectancy in America. That's 69.3 years FYI--and like any physical body, it must die; we all must. But McCain is closer than, oh, say a forty-seven year-old Obama.

In this manner, especially combined with her audaciously public power-driven politics (She thinks the amount of power that the vice-president was given during the Disaster Years (Bush's 8-year term) is not only appropriate, but exciting. Never mind that the Vice President, as outlined in the constitution, presides over the Senate and casts a deciding vote. If they need it. ) she will become the next president. So when McCain inevitably dies a year or two after the election, we will have President Palin the hockey mom, the pit bull in lip stick.

Are you afraid yet?

Oh, you betcha!

The democratic election is a function of a democratic society wherein each member has a voice to say what is best for the country as a whole. NOT just the Christians. NOT just your family. NOT just YOU.

Honestly, I don't know how to end this. I feel like if McCain is actually elected, literally all hope will be lost for America. If we can't learn from 8 consecutive years of undeniable mistakes, we won't ever learn.

Post Script: I can't even begin to talk about the general disgust I feel towards the republican party's desperate tactics to win the election, so read about them HERE .