4th Gear Politics

Some have wanted me to talk politics on my blog. I assume they think I will bash Sarah Palin or Sarah Palin 2.0 - Michele Bachmann. This just isn't the case, but it might happen soon as the morning show I listen to every morning - Kidd Kraddick in the Morning - was pulled off my hometown station and I was left with NPR this morning.

I do my best to give my brain a rest during its off hours - commute to and from work, after kids go to bed....now. And my radio morning show was perfect. Entertaining without really requiring me to think. At least not about anything too real. Plus the show was family friendly if I had the kids in the car with me (My 4 year old's favorite song however is Pink's So What - could be worse I suppose.) and do good things for other people including taking a group of severely sick kids to Disney World every year with medical staff in tow.

Not anymore. Now this blend of personalities has been replaced with a deejay. I can't even say it is being replaced with a local morning show. Nope, just someone letting me know what song was played last and what will be played next. If I wanted to listen to music I'd turn on a CD. And yes, I realize I'm about the last person on the planet still listening to the radio. I'm in advertising. I record my television and fast forward through commercials. I have to do something to support my industry! Plus, I don't care enough to take my car in and pay money for Sirius or Satellite to be installed and since nobody has done that for me, here I am.

But this morning I took the muff dive into NPR and was faced with a summary of the Republican debate from last night. I work with a Tea Partier, but I do my best to not talk politics with him or else we'll end up talking gay marriage and the words I shudder to hear, "Next you'll be able to marry your dog." will come out of his mouth and I can't control what will happen after that. And I like tea! Not hot tea though. Not a fan of hot drinks in general. I'm a delicate flower that way. I have a girlfriend that drinks hot water during the winter to keep warm. Yes, I agree, that's fucked up.

I love the term Grand Old Party. It makes me feel nostalgic and wish I used the word "grand" as an adjective more often.

"Dahhhling, that was just grand of you to adopt those Himalayan mountain babies before they had one more ounce of Mr. Dew."

I didn't watch the debate last night - Hello, Real Housewives of Orange County was on - and I haven't been following it at all so most of what I know I learned from the :20 clip on NPR this morning and most of that was airing the crowd yelling boo. So obviously they all must be as excited as I am about Halloween coming soon.

So I'll wait to give you my thoughts on the candidates, once I've listened to some more NPR. By election day I should have a mullet, closet full of flannel and have ditched every purse in my closet. So you know I'll be informed.

I wasn't an Obama supporter before he became the Democratic Candidate. I was all about my girl, Hillary. Yes, that's right. Shun me all you want. I love her. I love her daughter. Hell, I even love that silly ass, Bill. I can't help myself. I just find him charming. Now, I'm not going to share cigars with him or anything. Let's not take it to that place. So I was very disappointed when Hillary didn't win the nomination. I wanted to like Obama. And mostly he won me over because I couldn't deal with Palin. Lesser of two evils, I suppose? Anyone who uses the term Anti Abortion as if this is the stance you make, makes me angry. You know because my Pro Choice friends and I are sitting around getting pregnant just so we can get an abortion since we must then be Pro Abortion. Woot Woot!!! Then we have abortion parties. It's so much fun. Maybe I'll send you guys an e-vite next time we have one. I wonder when my "Kill the Babies" t-shirt will be in?

And tell me, who doesn't want to have a drink with Biden? He seems like a ton of fun. And his wife is sassy. You know I'm fond of that. He totally drinks 7 and 7's (which is fine since he is old).

Prior to Obama, I supported Bush. (Guess I must have been listening to NPR back in those days.) Prior to that, Clinton - although I'm not sure I voted in that election so guess it doesn't matter. Look, I was in college and my major worries were about which bar we were going to that night and how I was going to turn my 4 page paper into a 7 page paper.

I loved me some Bush Senior and some Ronald Reagan even though I was too young to vote back then.

I'm registered a Republican. Financially, I am supported with a Republican lifestyle  - husband has a family-owned business, I work for a small business, I'm white and middle class, blah blah blah. But then there are some of the other lifestyle ideals that I have that are very liberal. The whole Pro Choice/Gay Marriage thing to begin with, helping our fellow man, and nonsense like that.

And although I feel like a woman should have her right to choose, I'd also like to sterilize some people so I'm in a constant battle with myself over the issues. Mostly, I'm just a hypocrite and the only thing you can rely on is that my opinion will change constantly. However, whatever opinion I have is right.

If you're getting ready to send me hate mail, maybe you should focus that energy instead on getting my morning show back on the air!

With Non Partisan Love,
Molly