Today was suppose to be a good day for me. Today should've been the day that I voted in my first presidential election. But instead, due to a collosal jackass telling me (and repeatedly insuring me) that the deadline to register in the state of Tennessee was October 14th(it was actually October 5th), I missed out on the joy of casting my ballot for the highest office in the land. Words can't describe how angry I am. In the end my vote wouldn't have mattered(I know techinacally every vote matters, but I would have voted for McCain and he carried Tennessee anyway), but I have wanted to vote since I turned 18. I am one of those "you should vote becuase people died to give you that right" and "do your civic duty" guys. And the fact that I didn't do mine, just pisses me off. And leaves me feeling like I missed out on something big.
No surprise here, Obama won. I think after the last eight years, the Democrats could've run out a chicken as their nominee with a turtle as his running mate and they would've beaten the Republicans. That said I wasn't very impressed with any of the Republican canidates back during the primaries. I sort of liked Mike Huckabee, becuase he was/is very confident when he speaks. He doesn't stutter and throw in alot of "ummms" and "uhhhs". When McCain won the nomination I knew he was doomed. He is not a very popular guy with the base of the party, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were alot of people who just didn't vote becuase they liked neither.
But, none of the matters now as Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America, when he is sworn into office in January. I don't agree with alot of his policies, but I hope he proves me wrong. I hope he fixes the economy, and restores our standing in the world. I hope he can be tough on foreign policy and get our country on a path towards energy independence. And I hope he can keep Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in check.
On a minor note, and I know this is asking for way too much, I hope TV shows will finally start to scale back on all of the political stuff. Being a semi-conservative Republican I know I am going to be made fun and my beliefs are going to be made fun of. And that is fine. I can laugh at myself and my political beliefs, but after 5+ years of it I am tired. I am tired of shows spending two minutes on political "jokes" that don't have a damn thing to do with what is going on in the episode. and, yes, I am talking about you, Family Guy.