Oh yeah. I'm even blogging about it.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

What cycle? Is there an election coming up or something. I better crawl out from under my rock.

Well, it seems to be a race between McCain & Obama.

Now JFK [in whose shoes Obama now stands] was politically naieve for his time in history about ending the Cold War and he paid for it with his life, even though Reagen would later accomplish what Kennedy was unable to.

McCain is no dreamer, but a hard realist who has paid the price for freedom as a POW in Hanoi and has been closely connected to all major national security issues for well over 20 years.

Peace loving Germans sat by the side lines as Hitler rose to power and peace loving Islamics are sitting on the sidelines as radical Islam threatens world stability and world peace. Personally I like Obama quite a bit, but I trust McCain's depth of judgement over what some might call 'dreams' for a better world.

A (mis) quote, I don't remember who it is attributed to:

"anybody who seeks political office should be barred from acceping it"

I agree with the sentiment. What is it in a persons personality that makes them so want to make up rules for other people to follow so that they have to seek the power to do so? Especially in this country where the legislation of morality seems to be such a major qualifier of any legislation that will pass?

IMHO this is a control/money fetish that is nearly up to serial killer levels. Politcs today in the US is a business. Again, IMHO, it's nothing more than making money. Follow the dollars and you'll find the successful legislation.

I'm not limiting this to one pariticular party either. Every politician is there to be 'bought' by lobbyists. They're whores all of them.

Another (mis) quote, this one by Ronald Reagan.

"when I got into politics they said it was the second oldest profession. Little did I know of the many resemblances to the oldest" (prostitution for those sheltered folk amongst us).

I had my problems with President Reagans policies, but that quote tells me that he knew the realities of what he was dealing with. God Bless him.

People are always trying to affect legislation. Well, here's our best chance to get the wrong folks OUT (all 440 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and 1/3 of the Senate are up for grabs, not to mention all the state and local races)or the right folks IN, who will best work on fixing the wrongs, and move our country in the right direction in areas as far ranging as international relations and peace, to immigration, and to our very planet. So, don't just sit on the sidelines----DO SOMETHING!

It's a disease. Intellectually I know that the President actually means less to me than my county gov't, but that's what's on TV. The sad thing is we'll get another crowd of neighbors moving in from out-of-state who just love it so much more "back home". :-(

The good news is that my friends & I have found these issues-quizes (politicalbase.com et al). You answer where you stand on some issues and they match you to your best fit candidate. I know it's not perfect, but it gets me out of the "He Said, She Said" trivia and back to something more important.

Barack Obama is the Bobby Kennedy for our nation for the 21st Century -- and I remember Jack and Bobby from direct experience. Obama has the vision, the intellect and personality to inspire our nation with an energized vision for our time. Hillary Clinton is old news. She and Bill are 1990s, and we need, more than ever after slug Bush, bright, visionary leadership. Obama is the man!!