Memory lane.
Just a few short months ago. We, on this site, (including me) were wringing our hands and crying out "es tu Barack??"
There were Nadarish ideas of "both parties are all the same." "They are all corrupt." "Why does it even matter any more???"
Funny, how things can change.
Since then, I think we been so regularly horrified by the McCain campaign that, for many, Barack's FISA vote seems like a minor peccadillo.
We have had incredible lies and distortions. In fact, the McCain camp has so blatantly misrepresented Obama's record and policy that they have been called out by the mainstream media, including the women on "The View"..... (woohoo!!!) We have seen a man on the brink of dementia, someone who is so out of touch, that email is a challenge. We have seen someone who is so elitist that his campaign included someone who thought that the recession was all "mental." Let me see, what else... There is so much to choose from. It's like a bounty of blunders and a cornucopia of corruption. (ooh, I like that). There is the total opportunism and dishonest "offense" taken by the infamous remark regarding a certain mammal and a certain type of cosmetic.
Then we have the real reason that the entire landscape has shifted.
SARAH PALIN.
YUP. One word is enough. If there were any thoughts that McCain might become moderate...ish while in office, they have been banished forever with his VP pick. In one fell decision he has alienated most moderate Americans, and most sensible people. I don't have to remind you guys that this woman is not only inexperienced... in a way that is unprecedented, but she is incredibly corrupt and dishonest. These side dishes all go with a main course of incredible conservatism that includes religious extremism, and a desire to secede from our country (on the part of her husband, and, hey, she gave a speech!!!) Her world view is so completely formed by her religion, that she does not see any connection between dying animals and the fact that the world might become incompatible with human life at one point. Of course, this is not a surprise. This is someone who believes that dinosaur bones were placed in the ground by god, just to test "our" faith. I actually think that she would like to remake the entire nation into a Christian nation with her religion taught, as fact, in the schools. This should be a huge red flag for anyone who does not share her particular brand of fundamentalism with the same zealous intensity.
Just remember, people usually show their best side during these months. Even the Bush campaign was not as horrifying.