I’m burned out. Are a lot of people burned out? Does this happen every election year, or are we all just uniquely DONE with G.W. to the extent that don’t know what to do rather than turn the ’08 election into a veritable Us Weekly special edition? As the kind of person who eats up domestic politics like Perez Hilton eats up… well anything and everything in his sight, I’ve been profoundly disappointed with the extent to which election coverage has swallowed the news over the last five months. I guess that’s the primaries for you, but aren’t they a little early this year? They are? Huh. I thought so. I’m bored of it.
Particularly annoying:
– Slate’s entire subhead on Election ’08, moved up to the top of the menu, as if it is the most important thing in the world.
– Wonkette’s shift from being smart and politically witty on dozens of unique front to being just another ’08 election blog.
– The New York Times dropping all under-the-rug stories about instiutionalized problems in America in favor of “Hillary cried” fluff.
So I’m just going to say this the once: Upsidedownagain.com officially endorses Barack Obama as the 2008 presidential nominee, based mostly on his good track record and Kennedy-like appeal. Take it and run.
Wonkette gets an automatic thumbs up from me for their skewering of Ron Paul fanatics.