I’m sure by now everyone has been reminded at least once that it is the three year anniversary of the 2001 attacks. (2004 minus 2001 equals 3 for those not paying attention.) I won’t go into anything really here because as I said last year, I wasn’t really personally hurt by the day, however I know plenty were, so I’ll let them all reflect their own ways without bothering to throw my 2 cents in.
Instead I would like to bitch about a few things; hence the name “disgruntled human”. First off, I’m getting sick and tired of all the stupid campaign commercials I have to endure. Let’s put some shit aside here now. First, I don’t really like George Bush, never have, didn’t vote for him the first time around and won’t vote for him the second time around either. However, I’m not exactly crazy about Kerry either. My problem is this: the economy and national security are the two key issues and 90% of the ads don’t worry about that. Sure they both like to mention the war, but unfortunately it’s the wrong fucking war. Tell me a story about Iraq, don’t waste my time on Vietnam anymore. I don’t care if Kerry’s Purple Hearts are made of construction paper, and I don’t care if Bush did or didn’t go AWOL from his duties. That was a long time ago and it really isn’t going to get us anywhere is it? It’s like arguing over who ate the last slice of pizza last New Year’s Eve, nobody is going to fess up and it won’t change anything. So let’s move on to some more important issues shall we? I mean hell, we only have less than two months before we need to do this whole voting thing and I don’t know who to vote for. Kerry looks and acts like Herman Munster which frightens me some. I always thought Dick Cheney was some sort of android type creature, and now I think Kerry might be too. I honestly think that roughly 95% of the votes Kerry gets won’t be votes for him, but votes against Bush.
As far as I’m concerned Bush acts somewhat like an idiot. He may not be, and for the sake of our country, I hope he isn’t… but he sure puts out that vibe. The president of the US needs to be a salesman and George just isn’t that good at it, and I don’t know if Kerry could be either. I look at the president like a car salesman. I know he’s giving me a total line of bullshit, but if he wraps it up in a nice package, I’m going to buy it. All politics aside, whether you like the man or not, Clinton was good at this. No need to get into policies or moral issues, but I’d buy a car from that motherfucker. Clinton could have sold someone a Yugo with no engine in it because he had that personality and he was an excellent bullshitter; and unfortunately Bush isn’t a good bullshitter or communicator. When I see George give a speech on television I am reminded of high school speech class when you’d go up there and basically forget everything you were going to say, even with the notes in front of you.
So as far as my vote goes, I’m pretty sure who I’ll vote for… and if not I’ll flip a coin.