Super Tuesday?

More like super snooze day.

I do think all the political things are important, electing the next president of the United States and whatnot, but really? All this coverage? Go to CNN - nothing but election stuff until you scroll way down. Fox News is even worse.

Here's my take on all this political stuff.

Okay, so we're going to elect the next president of the "freest" country in the world, land o' the free and home o' the brave... sometimes. We need a leader that is going to turn things around for this country, try to get us out of debt, take care of our troops, improve our environment, make the world a better place. We need someone who can deal with our problems here at home but make sure that s/he can take care of things in the bigger world. I'm not really partial to any candidate, all I ask is that they try to accomplish the things that they've said they will and leave the world a better place than it was when they came into office.

For anyone undecided out there - or mainly, just for shits and giggles - let's go over the candidates that we'll be voting on in November shall we? It's not like I'm going to analyze their ideas and the issues they stand for, but it'll be a short & sweet view of them at least.

Let's start with McCain. If you google his name right now, the first site you get is his election site, with this lovely little saying by the link - "A Better General Election Candidate Than Romney. Learn More Today." He's a good man, but I think maybe the voters of today don't like dirty politics and probably want to know more about him than about Romney and his faults if they're gonna vote for him. He is gaining momentum, but so did the Patriots before dropping the ball and being defeated by the New York Giants. But seriously, I think he's a great guy. You have to respect him for his past efforts, his dedication to his country, and for not cracking under pressure. Still, Republicans might be turned away - and Democrats turned on - by the fact that he has more liberal views on a few issues.

Mitt Romney. Many people don't want to vote for him because he is Mormon and they know nothing about the religion. They think it is full of cults and crazy things, they want him to talk about it all. Well, here's the thing - if you really want to know more about Mormonism, why don't you look it up? It is not the candidate's job to explain their entire life to us when they have to convince us that they're the best person for the job. Stop being lazy and just look it up. He is an idealist, who wants the world to revert back to the nuclear family, when it didn't really exist to begin with, but okay. He does have values in the right place at least, but getting the rest of the country to give up their sex, drugs, and rock & roll might be tougher than Mitt is counting on. If he gets elected, he'll have some serious shit to deal with.

And the main underdog in the Republican party, Mike Huckabee. First off, he is a Southern Baptist minister... which is fine for people who want our country to be run that way, but I don't care for the idea. I find it funny that he got everyone off his back by attacking Mormonism and Mitt Romney. Honestly, people of extreme religiosity probably shouldn't be president, per the separation of church and state. Isn't that why we left the UK anyway? But on a cool note, he did hypothetically pledge to make Stephen Colbert his VP... I doubt he'd do it if he won - and that's a BIG if. In his free time, he enjoys playing bass in his rock & roll band, Capitol Offense.

I'm not even going to touch Ron Paul, sorry... too much like Perot, with no chance in hell of winning.

Let's move onto the 2 democrat nominees, shall we?

Barack Obama is endorsed by the Kennedys, Oprah, and millions of first-time voters all over the nation. He knows what the poor are like and how much help they need first hand after working with poor kids in Chicago between college and law school at Harvard. He has some pretty good policies that he's been talking about instating to help with the economic situations plaguing Americans today. On top of that - here's where I get a little personal - his mom can't get good insurance for a good price because she has some pre-existing condition, something I have been trying to deal with lately. I need health insurance and so does my little sister. We have JRA which needs to be monitored and treated with pretty expensive medicines to get through it the better way, not to mention our other health problems. He wants to make it so that everyone can afford health care, but not make it a big government thing like others. *cough*Hilary*cough* Contrary to what many people have heard, he is a practicing Christian, not a Muslim radical set to take over our country and kill everyone off with sarin gas. Seriously, that rumor showed disrespect for Muslims and for Obama. Honestly, I don't know who I'm voting for as of yet, but he's looking pretty good compared to...

Hilary Clinton. Do we want a pattern of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton? That seems just silly to me. But seriously, I do really like her passion for children and the notion that it does take a village, not just a family, to raise a child. We all have responsibilities to the children in our nation and really around the world. Like Obama, she is a lawyer - a good thing to be in politics it seems. She really did do a lot of good while in the White House as a First Lady, but does she have the gusto to take all the credit for the good and bad? Besides, she has a demeanor that just screams "I'll cut you." She even looks sad when she's happy. People tend to think of her as a cold hearted bitch, but I think she means well.

It looks like if McCain gets the party's nomination, we'd have Giuliani as a VP... something that I know would turn off a lot of people. Romney hasn't really thought about a VP, or at least disclosed that. And though Huckabee probably won't make good on his promise - or win the election - Stephen Colbert? I love him, I really do, and I think it'd be good to see someone smart and funny in the White House, but not with Huckabee.

I'm about 99.9% certain that no matter who wins the democratic nomination, the other will not be on the ticket. Although it seems like the two are friends, they really don't get along in a political context. John Edwards is a man who both like and think has great ideas, but he's expressed that he'd rather be an Attorney General than a VP. But that leaves the door open for Democratic un-hopefuls, such as Biden and Richardson.

Time will only tell, I suppose. But I'm in no hurry for the next edition of "Who wants to rule the free world?" in another four years.