I will readily admit that none of the hoopla surrounding the political arenas excites me right now.  I haven’t watched any of the DNC bash, I don’t plan to watch any of the RNC festivities.  While I’m excited about the possibility of change and the country’s first African-American president, but I think I overloaded on politics several months back.  I know who I’m voting for, there’s no need to continue trying to convince me.  (Yes, I realize they’re not campaigning for me, they’re campaigning for all the other people out there who haven’t decided.)

That said, I do have issues with some people in my party.  Some of the Hillary supporters have basically been saying that they plan to cut off their noses to spite their faces with this whole charade of saying that since Hillary didn’t get the nomination, they plan to vote for McCain.  Dubya tee eff, people?  Are you that upset that you would rather have someone in control of this country who has openly said that he doesn’t have your best interests at heart or in mind (and I’m assuming that if you supported Hillary, you also agree with her on key issues that McCain opposes)?  Are you that ignorant that you would prefer four more years of having your entire country continue this admittedly rather rapid decline into oblivion, just because you want to act like a petulant child because you didn’t get what you wanted?  Buck up.  Having an African-American president is just as momentous as a woman president. 

The other thing that bugs me are the people in my party who are as vehemently opposed to anything Republican-related as the Republicans are to anything Democrat-related.  I’ve always been annoyed by the raving conservatives who attempt to spin everything into a “liberal conspiracy,” and now I fear that there are some on my side of the fence who are becoming as dismissive of the opposing party and making everything into a “conservative conspiracy” in their own minds.  One of the things I’ve liked about Democrats and liberals is that they tend to be more open-minded — this has been documented in surveys as recently as just a few months ago where a greater percentage of liberals took in conservative media than conservatives took in liberal media — but to constantly complain about this stupid Republican trick and that stupid Republican ploy… well, when it becomes shrill, it feels closed-minded to me, and it’s something that irks me. 

Either way, I look forward to the democratic process that will soon take place.  Polls and projections are a great thing, but I honestly wonder what people will do and how they will act when there’s no reporter shoving a mike in their face or a pollster scribbling down their responses… you know, when it’s just them, the booth and a closed curtain.