wish they'd played this


or torch....

i found this to be a really great election cycle. i had lots of time at work to follow the primaries and people to talk to about it. it was lots of fun. at the start my first inclination was to be for mccain. i liked him in 2000 somewhat and wished he'd gotten the nomination back then. i think he would have beaten gore that year and would be finishing his 2nd term. that said i believe a lot of his support this year had come from buyers remorse in the republican party over selecting bush instead. in the last 8 years there were a number of times mccain had disappointed me by doing things to enmesh himself more with the repub base so he could run again in 08, pandering to religious right, support of tax cuts. i do believe that his support of the iraq war was genuine.

so cut to the primaries this year. my initial support was for mccain but was open to another candidate of either party. my other focus was on obama & clinton. i was not all that fond of clinton and didn't know much about obama. clinton ended up turning me off by her presumptive atitude toward the nomination. between this and her abysmally run campaign(which quite frankly is a preview of how the candidate would run the country, as this is the largest financial entity they will ever run prior to running the usa, and she did a terrible job managing it both financially and with staffing) she basically eliminated herself. as i learned more about and listened to obama campaign i liked him more and more. i was down to a decision between mccain & obama.

i am one of those people who let the vp pick be the tiebraker. i was at this point reasonably certain i'd go with obama but the vp picks would be a last opportunity to sway me. i was really pleased with biden as obama's choice. i'd seen him a lot on the sunday news shows and had really liked him.

palin... at first i thought it to be a really good political move to pick her. it quickly became obvious that she was a really poor choice and way way out of her element. she came across to me as a female version of W, not too bright and utterly unqualified for high elected office. this was a really bad choice for mccain to make for a number of reasons. first he would have been the oldest 1st term president. palin was no where close to being ready to step in at a moments notice. at best she'd need 2 terms as vp to be ready and that was too risky for someone so old as president. the next issue i had was that while obama picked someone to help him govern, mccain picked someone to help him win now with no ability to help him once elected. in my opinion, a bad choice. the next issue i had with her pick was it took away the experience mccain had as an issue. it was perhaps his strongest argument against obama and the choice of palin took it right away.

so from there it was really all downhill for mccain. he just had everything go against him he possibly could. the economic crisis hit and he looked ineffective in his response, palin was constantly mocked further showing his lack of judgement, and the debates had no moment where he was able to distinguish himself as a better choice than obama. after that happened it was obama's to lose and he sailed to an overwhelming win, which i was really glad to see. i do think he will be a good president.
time will tell...

cartman last night
while watching high school musical...

Cartman- this is cool...
this IS cool?...
well i'm out guys.
if this is what's cool now i think i'm done.
i no longer have any connection to this world.
i'm going to go home and kill myself.
good bye friends...

(next day)

Kyle - what happened, i thought you were going to kill yourself?
Cartman - i tried, went to sleep in my mom's car in the garage with the engine turned on.
Kyle - but you didn't die?
Cartman -freakin hybrids man. they just don't do the trick anymore

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Believe

they won't deny your own education now
they won't buy what is on your plate now
they won't deny there is segregation now
they won't buy what is on their table

why don't you believe, believe in your own god?
why don't you believe, believe in your own god?

they will deny there is separation now
they will deny there is confrontation now
we won't buy in their deception now
we won't buy what is on our plate now

why don't you believe, believe in your own god?
why don't you believe, believe in your own god?

they won't deny there is separation
once you slip a-way down, your head down
won't you look all around yourself
try to live in your own special life?

why don't you believe, believe in your own god?
why don't you believe, believe in your own god?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?
why don't you believe?


Unlucky Friend

Well I tried to disappear
But I'm still fucking here
Well I'll go ahead, say goodbye
'Cause I'll give it another try

Is it so hard to be who I am?
Isn't there anything to make it any easier?

Well I'm so tired of all your stupid lies
Well I'm so tired of all your tears

This is who I am
The unlucky friend
Will I have to hold your hand through darkness till the end?

Well I tried to disappear
But I'm still here

Sketch "Drunk President" (210) (madTV) DAVID HERMAN - Himself / President ARTIE LANGE - Special Agent Mitchem [::Open in the presidential bedroom which is filled with food and garbage. The special agent is sitting in the same room. David wakes up::] DAVID: Oh. Oh my head. (Sees agent) Who the hell are you? AGENT: Special Agent Mitchem. Good morning, sir DAVID: Oh, this is bad. Im sorry. I'll get out of here. I gotta get home AGENT: You are home, Mr President DAVID: who are you talking to? AGENT: You, sir DAVID: Where am I? AGENT: You're in your bedroom, sir DAVID: Ok, if I'm in my bedroom, than how did you get in here? AGENT: I have a key. We all do DAVID: We? AGENT: The secret service, Mr President DAVID: (repeating to himself) The secret service, Mr President (chuckles). Ok, If I'm the president, what's the president doing in this dump, huh? AGENT: Oh, you've done some redecorating, sir [::david runs to the window and opens up the curtains. There is a view of the Capitol building::] DAVID: Nice hellicopter AGENT: It's yours, sir DAVID: Ok, look. The last thing i remember was being at the piper's pub with my girlfriend. She asked me what I thought about seeing other people and I told her I would get back to her after I had 30 beers. AGENT: There's really not much more to the story, sir. You got piss drunk, ran for president, and won. DAVID: How long have I been drunk? AGENT: You have just started your second term DAVID: Ok, look. You're saying that the people of America elected a drunk man president? AGENT: And then re-elected him DAVID: That's impossible. My name is David Herman. I failed high school twice. I butter bagels for a living. How in the hell would anyone elect me to be president? AGENT: Well, I think people found you kind of refreshing, sir. I mean, you are pretty up front with your views DAVID: I don't have any views! AGENT: Maybe not now sir but when you get in front of a TV Camera with a bottle of Jack Daniels, you can be extremely opinionated. You changed America! DAVID: How? AGENT: Well, you went to the war against crime with your brilliant "Give us your guns, or we'll blow your freakin' heads off" bill. And you won the war against drugs with your brilliant "Give us your drugs, or we'll blow your freakin' heads off" campaign. DAVID: I actually said "Freakin"? AGENT: No sir. But I'm a morman DAVID: Look, I am the first to admit that America isn't the swiftest country in the world, but this is absolutely -- AGENT: People were skeptical at first, sir. But when you gave your famous "Bitch slap to America" speech, they really started to listen. DAVID: So I just get drunk and people listen? AGENT: Yes, basically that's it sir. Your campaign slogan was "Hey America, Last Call". DAVID: What does that mean? AGENT: I don't know sir. But it was sure as hell more catchier than "Four more with Clinton and Gore". DAVID: Oh god, this is like a nightmare! AGENT: Actually, no sir. In five short years, you have put people on mars and aquired 3 new states DAVID: Three new states? AGENT: Cuba, Seskatchuwan, and Germany. DAVID: How did I go about aquiring 3 new states? AGENT: Well, with cuba, you just simply woke up one morning, went to the U.N, and told the people and I quote "Cuba is now part of the United States, anybody got a problem with that?". DAVID: And nobody had a problem with that? AGENT: Well, the ambassodor of France said certain objections but that ended when you asked him to step outside. Seskatchuwan was a straight up trade with Canada. DAVID: What did we give them? AGENT: Aerosmith. DAVID: I see. Now when you say Germany, that's Germany as in Germany, Germany, right? AGENT: Oh yes. You won Germany in World War 3. World War 3 only lasted 20 minutes and ended with you smashing a bottle over the chancellor's face. But perhaps your greatest achievement, sir, was your cure for cancer. DAVID: How did I cure cancer? AGENT: Well, you took nine of the heads of the world's largest corporation and gave them all cancer. Within seven months, we had 4 different cures. DAVID: I sound like the perfect president AGENT: Acutally no, sir. Alcoholism has become a big problem. DAVID: No kidding. What do I do now? AGENT: Have some breakfast. DAVID: No, I mean what do i do now that im sober? AGENT: Have some breakfast. Breakfast, of course, being a bottle of gin. DAVID: Ok. Then what? AGENT: Well, then at 12:00, you challenged the speaker of the house to a pissing contest. Then after that, you are taking the Mrs for a joy ride in air force one. DAVID: Who am I married to? AGENT: Wynona Rider. DAVID: Yeah! No kidding? AGENT: No kidding, sir. DAVID: Ok, well then, cancel the pissing contest, hand me that bottle of gin and send for the first lady. AGENT: Done. DAVID: And, uh, Mitchem? AGENT: Yes, sir? DAVID: Don't tell anyone you saw me this way. AGENT: Who would believe me? [::End with the agent exiting and David relaxing in the bed with the bottle of gin::]

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