Monday, April 7, 2008

And now for the requisite cynical perspective

Every four years, it's fun to play make believe and find yourself a candidate who is gonna storm that White House and make some real changes. Not like that last guy. This guy (and now they come in woman, too!) is the real deal. He has our best interests in mind. In fact, that's why he's gone through all this crap to get this far. He just wants to sacrifice himself for the greater good of all Americans, no matter their race, gender, economic status, religion, and all those other characteristics (shackles?).

Of course, we all know that this isn't true. Voting for a presidential candidate is like picking between rotten apples and rotten oranges. They're gonna taste like shit, but maybe you'll prefer the taste of one type of shit over the other.

Not everyone is able to play make believe, though. Like whoever did this graffiti:

And whoever created the myspace page for No One for President.

Not voting isn't the answer, though. Neither is voting. We don't have the answer. Still, you might as well vote. At least then you'll have legitimate grounds from which to complain about what the winner does for the next four years.

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