Ah, Election Time is Coming

The Presidential election is heating up and both McCain and Obama are going at with each other in full contact politics. Not a day goes by that one isn’t criticizing the other about something they said the day before, or about some gaff they committed on the campaign trail. I know that this is the way of politics at this level this time of year, but I’m sick of it to be honest.

I cannot turn on the radio or the television or go online without seeing at least one thing about the Presidential race. I’m glad that I don’t have cable, because it fills at least 40% of their airtime, and I’m sure that’s a conservative estimate.

I know that this is a landmark race, simply because we have a black nominee, and so it despite my annoyance with all the coverage, I still cannot turn away and ignore it completely. I am very interested to see what happens and who wins the White House come November. I know that election night I will be watching religiously on various networks, and that’s okay with me, for it’s really the only time that I do watch political coverage. Sadly, I won’t be watching Tim Russert cover what’s going on and who’s won which states and listen to his predictions on which candidate looks like the winner. I will miss that.

I honestly don’t know who I’m going to vote for at this point. I have always voted Republican, but I’m not a big fan of McCain. And on the other side, I’m not sure I’d vote for Obama either. And or course there’s no viable third-party candidate that looks like they could spoil it for somebody.

But I don’t like to vote just to vote, for I think that’s wasting my vote. I know that here over the next few months I will have to do my homework and bone up on who stands where in the issues that mean the most to me and then make my choice. I will vote this November, but I don’t know for whom.

I only hope there’s no hanging chads.