When I read certain arguments from so-called conservatives — like this one (exposed at The Daily Dish) or this one (skewered at Think Progress) — I’m tempted to vote for Obama just to distance myself from the idiocy of these voices.
I have similar (though not identical) thoughts whenever a so-called liberal misrepresents McCain’s “100 years” comment … or accuses him of offering nothing more than “Bush’s third term” … or defends Wesley Clark for dissing McCain’s military service.
I include the “not identical” caveat because it seems the conservative voices are often, at their core, meaner and less defensible. Granted, this perception could be the direct result of my tendency to hold conservatives to a higher standard than I hold liberals; my first priority is to attempt to clean up the house in which I live before I try cleaning up my neighbors’ houses.
Then again, out of frustration, I might just punch the ticket for both Obama and McCain in November — negating my vote and proving nothing, but giving me a helluva good story with which to bewilder my grandchildren.