Unbitten, unshy.

I can't wait until Christmas.

This year, it is going to be so sweet.

Not because of the neato presents. Not because it means I have another chance to catch Santa in a complex series of ever more elaborate and cunning traps. Not because of the cookies. Okay, a lot because of the cookies. But mostly because all this election hoofapoo will be behind us. Actually, I can't wait until Thanksgiving. Hell, how about November 5th?

I know we will still be toiling in these smoldering economic ruins, still be under the so called leadership of a blind idiot leashed to a war mongering idealog, still be wondering how the hell to fix... everything.

But we will be that much closer to 2009. Big deal, you say. So what. Well, if Obama is elected I believe there will be a massive period of national relief - a three month long exhale as we wait for the inauguration. If that other one gets the nod, we will spend three months sucking it in and waiting until... the end of days.

Sound grim?

I don't really believe in the end of days crap. Sort of a skeptic there. The Mayans had some interesting ideas on that topic. I'll preface this next statement by saying don't think that there is anything wrong with being a republican. But I do believe that a continued republican regime will do nothing for one of our most precious commodities - American Optimism. The spirit of that optimism is the foundation for so many other wonderful American ideals; ingenuity, pluck, open minds, open hearts. The will to do the right thing, in spite of personal sacrifice. Right now our system feeds the greedy heart with no consequence. There is a poison tree growing in our garden, and we need to carve it out.

I just don't see any such correction coming out of a McCain/Palin administration. McCain is a warrior at heart, not a gardener, not a community leader. And he has no clue what a real "middle class" is. I admit that civilization needs fighters, but not as leaders. Fighters are needed to fight off the other fighters out there. That's a bitch, but I chalk it up to human nature, though most humans I know don't go out looking for fights. Our move toward the violent act is primarily a defensive tack. Most humans I know just want to get along, and even help out the others.

But since we're talking politics - I think it is high time one of these candidates steps up and gives us the bad news. America needs a hard slap on the face, a kick in the pants, maybe even a swirly. The dog that bites first bites the softest spot. That spot is our greed, in conjunction with complacency which has been fattened by undeserved wealth. Or credit, as they call it. I am willing to take a good hard bite in the greed if it means we improve our nation's current condition, improve the state of the world we live in, improve the perception the rest of the world has of us. F*** Bush for everything he has undone for us. What a rotten waste of time.