Like William Shatner and Henry Rollins awesome duet from a few years back, every time I see a presidential candidate talking I just want to yell, “I CAN’T GET BEHIND THAT!”

I really like the idea of Hillary and Barak running this year. I think we need that kind of diversity, but I don’t kid myself for one minute that there is a snowball’s chance in hell that they could win… even if I wanted them to. I really get disgusted with the Hildabeast because she is such a politician… She’s exactly what’s wrong with politics. She looks at her audience and calculates the best words to say and tells people what statistically should go over well. She hasn’t said anything that sounded all that original or great to me anyway.

If Hillary was just another white guy, would we really care about her campaign? What would be remarkable about her then?

I also seriously doubt the security of masculinity in this country to handle a woman president. Furthermore, it’s probably worth keeping in mind that we’re having serious issues with parts of the world that are very oppressive to women. I don’t see how electing a woman president is going to help our causes. What’s going to happen when they try to make the president of the United States wear a fuckin burka or a head wrap or whatever? Someone is going to have to cave… either we’ll tell them to fuck off, or she’ll wear it and the feminists over here will go fucking berserk!

Honestly, I love Bill Clinton. At least now. When he was president, he pissed me off all the time. I don’t remember much what for… mostly the bombings he did here and there, and the other usual politics and bull-shit policies that every administration has carried out over the past 40 years or better. However, since he’s been out of office and opened up a little more (and the nearest comparison I have to him now is W) Bill is my man! He spoke at my wife’s RIT graduation this May and I hung on every word. He was awesome. I’d re-elect him… seriously. But I just can’t dig his wife. I don’t see much good she’s done for our area either, being a Senator from NY.

Barak doesn’t seem to suffer as much from the politics as usual speaking game. However, he really looses me when he starts talking about Iraq. Why is it not clear to anyone that we need to get the hell out of that place and move on? - Wait! I didn’t mean that… don’t move on… next week we’ll be in Iran.

Honestly though, I haven’t heard anything from him either that made me freak out for him. I was very excited for him to run because I wanted him in there to shake it up a bit… But he’s been a far safer candidate than I though he would be. It makes sense because he’s obviously trying to get elected. But that’s the problem with politicians… they’re always trying to get elected. It often keeps them from saying anything honest and true. Sometimes the truth hurts people’s feelings, and I respect a politician who tells those people to fuck off because what they’re saying is true.

The other elephant in the room is the black thing. Unfortunately, the way our country is I just don’t see it happening anytime soon. I work with people who refer to Martin Luther King, Jr. day as James Earl Ray day. Something tells me the racist assholes in this country aren’t ready for a black president.

Honestly, I don’t see what’s so great about Obama. If he was a white dude, I don’t think there’d be as much fuss about him.

Call me old fashioned, but I kinda believe a person should be judged on their merits and their brains and not on the color of their skin, or what they’ve got between their legs. Saying something like that pisses a lot of people off, but you know what? I don’t really give a shit - because it’s true. I know people who aren’t white males that agree with it too.

Since Al Gore won’t run (and if he did, an army of closeted Bushies would come out with their fangs ready to strike) that leaves John Edwards. The safe, nice looking, southern white male. He’s got enough ideas that are on par with what the left is thinking, but he’s not a radical. He’s acceptable. He’d be way better than Bush. Most of us got to know him a bit in ‘04 and based on that, I think he’s really got a shot if he makes it to the end. But that doesn’t mean I think he’s the best person we could find.

I sure as hell don’t support any of the leading republican candidates. I’d rather not vote.

So that leaves me with the 2nd and 3rd tier candidates. The people who say what’s on their mind… the crazy bastards… the people who usually say shit so freely that it knocks your wind out. However, it’s these people… with nothing to loose - the people like Bill Clinton and Al Gore now that they’re not seeking office, that feel free to actually say shit that is true. They say things that they really think. I can’t believe they’re actually saying some of this stuff sometimes - and I’m actually getting giddy like a school girl because I agree with them.

Isn’t there something American about liking the underdog? Do I need my head examined for liking Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, or Ron Paul?

These people are running against the odds… using their runs to call out the other candidates and the rest of us - the voting public. They’re out there talking about how fucked up everything in this country is. They’re not afraid to tell us what they believe in. However, unlike Bush, they’re actually right about a lot of what they’re saying. They can back up their statements with facts and education. They’re actually saying something with substance.

What kills their shot is that they aren’t that good looking, they’re often dorky, and they don’t have a lot of money for their campaigns. They’re nerds.

I’ve said it before - most of the reason that things are screwed up over here is because nobody cares enough to take action themselves. We don’t want to think hard and figure out our problems for ourselves. So we expect these politicians to do it for us. Let them figure it out while we drool on ourselves and watch lame shit on TV.

But I’ll tell you something, when I was in high-school, there were a few classes that I didn’t really like. I didn’t want to do the work to find out the answers to my problems myself. I’d often cheat off other people or copy someone’s notes. I wasn’t looking to the kids in class with the most money, the best looks, the novelty of being an intelligent woman, or an African American… I was just looking for whoever had the best answers or the best ideas… the smartest people I could find…

The Nerds.