The Start of a new Era....

.... Funny how epic that sounds. You would almost believe that I had something profound to say about society, God, politics, and so on. Hmmm.... maybe I do.... maybe I do.

Now I'm not a Republican, seeing as how I live in Canada, nor am I a card carrying member for any political party (any more), but while reading the paper this morning I was delighted by an article I saw. Apparently the Republican party is fighting amongst themselves. Could it be that the VP Nominee has stolen the thunder of the Presidential Nominee? Has Mrs. Palin usurped the throne of King McCain?? Did she dump whiskey in the Republican coffee urn, and claim she was the only one not drunk, and therefore was required to drive the Repulican party bus?!?!? Nay, nay. She just showed up for the party, said what she believes to be true, and then threw gas on the fire when the bus started to burn. Now don't get me wrong, I think McCain would be good for the US right now. It seems to me that he's probably the most moderate individual the United States could put in office in these troubled times. The problem is is that his chosen running mate seems to be tramping his moderate qualities into the ground, making him seem weaker than is good. When your the Presidential Nominee maybe you should step up, and get your ducks in a row so to speak. If this means 'smacking that bitch up', then maybe it's high time McCain put on his pimp suit, and get back behind the wheel of the Republican party bus. Honestly, when your subordinate seems to get more press time during an election than you do, there's a problem. If your party chooses you to run the country, then you better step up and lead, otherwise you've already lost the race. Obama is going to be at the finish line before you could find the keys to the bus.

So what's to be done. Do I have a solution? Nope. Not my problem. That's the American election, and America's problem to deal with. I'm not sure what each side is campaigning for anyways. There's so much political mudslinging going on, it's coating my living room windows up here! Not to mention the Canadian election we just went through. That was like being at the bottom of the hill when the mudslide happened. I'm not sure if U.S. politicking style has come across the border to manifest itself in the 'Great White North', causing our own politicians to be as forked tongued as their southern counterparts.

Now it occurs to me at this time that maybe there should be a law. Law? This is getting dicey. Maybe there should be a law that prevents attacking the other party.... Can you hear the crickets? If political parties concentrated on what they could do for the country as opposed to slamming the other guys ideas, maybe better ideas would be generated during election time. Maybe the issues wouldn't be so clouded with muck. Maybe, just maybe, people would feel like it was worth voting again if positive campaigns were run, as opposed to saying this guy is incompetent, or that gal is out of touch. Negativity is probably the most infectious disease out there, as it creeps it's way into the very materials we're made of, corrupting our heart and soul, to the point where we don't remember what it was like to be positive. Politics has always had debate, and it is by far a necessary thing to bring to light flaws in policy, however that's a debate, not a platform point. Now back to the Republican debacle....

In terms of explaining my train of thought, if a positive campaign cannot be run by the Republicans or Democrats, then maybe they should just duke it out in the ring for two out of three falls. Likewise, McCain should really can this supposed infighting within his party before it gets out of control. There are too many radicals out there to begin with, and if he does bring his party back to his more moderate views, then Sarah Palin is going to be running the country in no time flat if they get elected, which doesn't look like it's going to happen anymore. She's made the party look awkward like a drunken guest telling 'Pull My Finger' humour at a high class party. McCain has to do something so he can clean up his predecessors mess, and make the Republican party have credibility again.

Wow that's a lot. My hands are tired, my belief system is in tact, and there's still beer in the fridge. It's good to be Canadian folks, even though from that tirade you would think I was passionate about the United States. Nope. Just passionate about the world.