Never posted...and way dated now. And way wrong. But worth a read...

This is the last one, I promise!

In this article, written while I was unable to log on back in September-October, I gave vent to my paranoia. I'm not sure why I never posted this...perhaps I wasn't feeling as paranoid when I got my connection back; perhaps I just forgot about it. Probably the latter.

In any case, here it is, straight out of the dark days of two and a half months ago, before Barack Obama had won and paranoia seemed like just good sense.

By the way...I'm a hell of a lot more optimistic now.

BV 12/4/08

Electile Dysfunction
Tuesday, September 16

Once again, I'm composing this article off-line because I don't have an internet connection right now. It's really stupid of me to tell you that...since I can't post this until I do have a connection, and once I have a connection I won't have to do this off-line crap. But at least this keeps me writing, and I need the practice.

If you've been paying attention to this blog (why?) you'll have noticed there's been a bit of a drop in political articles. This is because I am sick to death of politics, sick to death of the election, sick to death of both McCain and Obama, and sick to death of Sara Palin too. Haven't heard much about Joe Biden lately...

I suppose you could call it "election burnout." I managed to stay interested longer than in past elections, since there was some actual drama in the campaigns what with the will-she-support-him-or-not element to the Democratic race and the who-will-he-pick element to the Republican race. I am so tired of it all I just wish it would come to an early end. No hope of that though. But I may recover my interest...who knows, something dramatic may yet happen to rejuvenate either party. Not much hope of that either, but still...

So just to keep myself in this, I'm going to go out on an early limb and make a prediction in the Presidential race.

I know it's early, too early for any kind of accuracy (especially in a race this close), and I am well aware that anything can still happen; the debates haven't yet gotten into swing, the campaigns are only just starting to get dirty, the gloves are only just starting to come off; it's still possible that this election will get exciting again. But I doubt it. I think that we're in for another six weeks of distortions, exaggerations, and outright lies countered with more distortions, exaggerations and outright lies.

Gee, am I sounding cynical? Maybe I'm just in a bad mood.

Anyway, here's my prediction for the election:

After the Democratic victory in November, Sarah Palin lands a seat at the table on The View.

No? Well, how about this...

McCain 's secret past is revealed when footage surfaces of him selling the Pittsburgh Steelers' play book to Ho Chi Minh, but he keeps saying that it's really Obama's fault so often that everyone believes him and he wins the election in a landslide.

Too far fetched? OK, let's try this one...

Barack Obama peels off his skin to reveal that he is in reality an evil alien overlord, and this carries him into the White House because it turns out that that's what Americans really want.

Too sci-fi? How about this one instead...

Obama wins the popular vote, but the electoral college is too close to call and McCain asks the Supreme Court to step in (unconstitutional, but never mind) and they select John McCain to be our next President.

Am I being serious? Of course not...that story is too far-fetched to actually happen. Right?

OK, so my tongue was in my cheek just then...but remember that the Supreme Court scenario actually played out in 2000, and there's nothing in place to keep it from happening again. And with an election this close, it's a real possibility. Remember that the race in Ohio in the 2004 Presidential election was nearly as close. I'm beginning to think that close elections are the new thing; that the days of landslide victories may well be over. If we're overruled again in November's election, by either side, I'm going to say that democracy in America, at least on a national level, is well and truly dead.

And that's my election prediction.

It may be dead even now, and I'm just fooling myself into believing that it's still alive, but I do not want to believe that. So I won't. Like I said, anything can happen, and it's just possible that this election will be taken out of our hands. After all, it's happened before...

The Blues Viking

UPDATE 12/4/08 - Actually, I'm still waiting for Sarah Palin to end up on The View so I can not watch her.

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