Our Un-Enlightenment

For the last few months I have struggled to figure out exactly why people feel the need to discuss politics so frequently during election season.

It seems that most people feel like a night of FoxNews somehow equates to a political science degree. Or maybe they are just enthusiastic. Or maybe they just do what the television tells them to do.

In any case, this faux knowledge is embarrassing and incredibly annoying.

I don’t need someone who is just as uninformed as I am to try and explain something to me, much less try to persuade me to see his or her point of view. In the heat of the election, the blind have been leading the blind, which has lead to the pervasiveness of dozens of idiotic buzz words and non-issues. One could easily find more substance in a Pauly Shore flick.

From “Joe Six-pack” to Joe the plumber; from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s glasses to Bill Ayers’ (whose?) anti-Vietnam participation more than 30 years ago; the campaign trail has been cluttered with crap since late August.

I’m sick of hearing about “change” and “more of the same” and “Did McCain choose the right vice president?”.

Thankfully, the running joke that is this election will end in one short week. Then, we can all get back to talking about how empty our wallets are, rather than how fat Sen. John McCain’s is.

At least we won’t have to continue arguing with our friends about economic policy. I guess all I really want is a “return to normalcy” that Warren G. Harding could be proud of.