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I’m somewhat blissfully isolated from a lot of the BS that goes into a major (or midterm) election, simply because I don’t watch a lot of TV.  What I watch is often downloaded from Al Gore’s Internets, or on a DVD.  I’m simple that way.

By sticking to a regimen like this, I don’t have the opportunity to be blindsided by 5 campaign ads in a row.  I’m totally cool with this, because I 100% believe that these ads, like all ads, shoot for the lowest common denominator, and I can’t help but feel that our collective intelligence is being insulted because of this.  Yes, we’ve all heard the racism charges of the Democrats against the Republicans because of putting some little white chick on the TV, and I didn’t understand the problem until somebody pointed out to me that Harold Ford Jr is supposed to be
a) black, and
b) a democrat

Now, I’m normally one that can pick out a black man from a crowd of people.  Its like an internal gay-dar, but for black people.  I’d call it black-dar, but that sounds like some lame Buck Rogers villian.  I have to admit, I was a little blindsided, because the my observations told me that, while not the whitest guy in town, he isn’t very black.  I mean, I figured maybe a great grandparent might have been something other than white.  I mean, the guy sure seems white.

Whats the point, AT?  Well, thats what I wanted to know.  What was racist about this ad, democrats?  I mean, damnnation, I tend to agree philosophically with you guys more than the red team, but it looks like you’re just grasping at straws.  So a little airhead white girl is all about the HF.J, I don’t see where the racism comes in at all.  In fact, I’d be willing to see a complaint or two about sexism, or good taste, or something, but damn.

I digress.  While I’m talking to the democrats out there, lets examine point B, and the whole reason I’m going off here.

Last night, I saw a Fordy ad in answer to some of the Corker ads (who really wants to introduce me to his wife, for some reason… I’m thinking swinger) where Ford tells me that everybody’s just got him wrong, because he’s all about the war in Iraq, and all about putting the hammer down on gay marriage.

Which made me do a spit take…

The democratic candidate for office is telling me he’s pro war, and anti gay rights?  Really?  And then its all up in my grill because he’s super church guy?  Huh?  What?

The democrat?  What?  Can I have a witness?

Soooooo, it looks like no matter who wins, the people I disagree with are smiling.  I don’t understand how this is representation.  Furthermore, I don’t really see much of a difference between the two candidates anymore, other than that Ford appears to want to tell anything whatsoever to get elected, and Corker, well, he’s a rich Chattanoogan.  That says it all right there.

Anyway, I started writing this thing to tell you how to steal an election, and how easy it would be to do so in the new supersecure super futuristic voting machines, but then I got distracted with the horrible state of affairs on TV right now.

Sigh.