So here we are.

November 1st, 2004 5:32 PM.

We’re on the eve of election day.
The day we all decide who should be president.
A big election without a doubt.

I tend to get a bit worked up over politics so I’m not going to go on and on about who I think is the better option.

Quite the opposite in fact.

As I watch Tom Brokaw tally the electoral votes I tomorrow I’ll be watching with great interest. Honestly I’ll probably sit in front of the TV and eat pretzels and popcorn… I mean this election is gonna be close! Like a good basketball game I expect lots of tense action.

And when it’s all said and done… if my guy doesn’t win… I’ll probably put my fist through the TV, bleed from the eyes and ears, run in place for no clear reason, and swear in such a way that the English language itself will be unable to handle the streaming request for new and more vulgar obscenities.

But once that’s done… that’ll be pretty much it.

I hope we can all agree to keep the melt downs at home.

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed one thing over and over and over.

Politics, more than any other thing, has the power to ruin a nice dinner, a good cigar, previously cordial relationships at work, and even a nice evening with friends.

Wow is it really worth it to get so heated with people?

Do we really think that if we just explain our take on it one more time… a little louder.. THEN the mindless fool that is voting the wrong way will suddenly get it?

Do we think that everyone in the other party is a propaganda eating zombie?

(ooh… propaganda eating zombie. I’m gonna store that away in case I need it for my stream of obscenities)

The bottom line people is this:

If some one cares enough about politics to debate it with you…

You ain’t gonna change their mind.
At most you’ll get them to concede that your point isn’t COMPLETELY asinine.

To me that’s just not worth the blood pressure medication.

Democrats, Republicans, Lunatics… I mean Ralph Nader… they’re all trying to do what’s best for the country. Even if YOU think that their methodology is ridiculous.

So let’s try to go on being nice November 2nd.

(Hey I’m just trying to save some of you from a stroke.)