I don't know. Here's what I wrote to a friend this morning:
My wife drove me to work today. Along the road she said, “You’re sure quiet this morning.” I said, “Yes, I’m thinking about turning completely away from politics.”
She said, “You love that stuff.”
But the truth is that I don’t, really. I am driven to it out of concern for the direction of things and how adversely it will affect our kids’ lives. But this is really too much. I’d probably be able get dressed up in a tutu and go down to vote for Giuliani because I know he’d be good for National Security, better than the Manchurian candidate, that’s for sure. Or, maybe Romney can convince me that he will stick to his recently adopted positions of expedience and not change them when a new set of conditions rolls in on the next tide.
But for now, I’m tuning it all out. Taking a break. This is just too depressing.
Well, if you dress up in a tutu, at least take some pics. The election wouldn’t be a total loss. I understand, I’m taking it a loss less optimistically than I used to. Getting cynical.
I think I’m going to be vindictive. I expect Ron Paul to go third party, so I’ll follow him and vote against the GOP. They can bite me.
To this day, I regret wasting my vote on Bush Sr. I should have voted for Perot. I wont’ make that mistake again.