It's blog, it's blog...it's better than bad, it's good!

If you have tuned in to the radio on the drive home any time in the last couple of weeks...or if you have turned on your TV after dinner...or if you accidentally passed by a newstand on your way to Baskin Robbins...or if you have really really electromagnetically-receptive braces on your teeth...you have no doubt heard the controversy surrounding John Kerry and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

For those of you whose only media exposure happens when you sit down on that damp stack of National Geographics in your cellar, I'll fill ya in. Senator Kerry is mad because a group of former Vietnam vets who operated boats very much like the one the good Senator operated in 'Nam have released two commercials suggesting that Kerry's war record is suspicious, and his medals undeserved.

Senator Kerry asked President Bush to condemn the commercials because, as he claims, they are outright lies. President Bush responds by saying that he condemns all political advertising that has been paid for by independently-funded mini-corps with private no-limit sponsorships. In short, he dodges the question. Then Kerry gets mad, and goes on national TV for weeks demanding that the President condemns the adds. Then Bush gets mad and retorts that he, in fact, has been the victim of falsified advertising, so Senator Kerry isn't the only one. Then Senator Kerry takes President Bush's shiny red fire truck away from him. Then President Bush throws sand in Senator Kerry's hair, and un-invites him for life from his birthday parties. Then Senator Kerry cries and goes and tells on President Bush and they both get put down for a nap.

Here's the thing...

For the love of all that is good and right, shut up about all of this, guys.

We are a country in the middle of a war with a foreign militias who, by all accounts, still have control over a large part of their country and have killed a whole lot of young Americans. We may not know why we're there, and we may have even been tricked into going...Lord knows I don't have the answers there...but we're there. We're also running out of oil, punching a hole in the sky, firing teachers, breathing smog, running short on Social Security, laying off factory workers, and, if Jerry Springer is to be believed, kissing our siblings. There's a lot going on in this country, and very little of it has to do with whether John Kerry got shot ENOUGH to merit a purple heart.

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Maybe George Bush is a draft dodger and maybe he ain't. Maybe George Bush lied to get us into Iraq and maybe Teresa Heinz-Kerry is a man...but either way, I'm not very interested in voting for either of these two petulant, childish professional pontificators. I am ashamed of our candidates and I am embarrased to listen to the BBC reports at night and hear what the British people are hearing. The last thing we need is more bad press across the world...and hear we are...bickering over two 30-second commercials.

Sigh. Once again this year, I plan to cast my vote for one of the following tickets:
1. McCain / Cuomo
2. Uecker / Madden
3. Bartles / Jaymes
4. Lavigne / Spears

Peace,
Justin