08 February, 2008

Political Disruption and Re-unification

For the first time since I can really remember, there is this intensifying air among American politics. The presidential election this year is already making history just in the primaries, just in the announcement of possible candidates we've made history. I haven't been this enthusiastic about the politics of this country in such a long time. We've spent 8 years underneath an administration nearly if not more corrupt than the Nixon administration during the 70s. There is a definite change in the air of politics that this election is being followed not just nationwide but worldwide.

After Mitt Romney's exchange at his announcement that he is leaving the primary race for the Republican nominee stating in more words than less that his decision to step aside and allow the other potential nominees compete would help to impede the democratic race and thus aide in stopping the terror threat...so basically that makes those of us voting democratically and liberally, terrorist. Good to know.

It's that kind of conservative rhetoric that this country is becoming sick of. Although McCain is not my choice for president and if he does indeed gain the nomination of the Republican party as many political analysts are anticipating, it wouldn't be a huge blow. McCain is on to something. He's taken a beating from those more conservative in the GOP stating that he's far less conservative than the party lines would like him to be, but I feel the reason he is doing so well, is because most of us are sick of that conservativeness within our political atmosphere. We've spent the past 8 years under a neo-conservative regime that has lied and treated the public as if we were bumbling morons.

This change has been impending since 2004 and I think that it's finally come to the point where enough people are willing to push for that change that we're about to finally see the fruit of our labor. The primaries have already broken records in the amount of people voting for who they would like to see gain the party's nomination on both sides and I feel that by November, this air will have an electricity that hasn't been seen in decades.

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