Obamaniacism

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I like this poster, and for reasons other than the fact looks like bacon.  Although, to be honest, bacon does deserve its own column.  If you doubt me, go and have some bacon and you will agree.  That reason would be located, in blue letters, above the strips of greasy awesomeness; OBAMA.

Although I am very much a fan of ‘08AMA, that is not even where I am going with this, though I do find McCain to be a bloody wanker.  You would have to have the current brain activity of the late Christopher Reeves to be unaware of the Design for Obama team, you could even almost call it a movement.

Canada just came out of a $290M waste of an election, giving Stephen Harper nothing but a ‘mightier minority’.  Living as close as I do to the States, I saw, first hand, the difference in Canadian and American politics.  Or, as ‘first hand’ as a Canadian (American, but more awesome) possibly can.

Historically, Canada and the States have had a few years between each form of media, be it radio, newspaper or television.  The Internet arrived, en masse, about a decade ago, but it was during George Bush’s 8 years that the face of North America (be it, the world) received the but end of the mallet of the Internet(z) - and this time, Canada arrived just as soon as the States did.

Being the Internet-nerd (actually, just an all around nerd) I have sat a foot and a half away from the single most Internet’d debate in the history of the world.  Yes, there are technological differences between now and then, but it goes beyond that.

Think as you may, but I strongly believe that 9/11, whichever side you are on of the issue, has helped the pseudo-Democratic nation to the south of us.  Even now, there is a urban myth that, at once, Green Day did not suck.  They actually existed before American Idiot (such an aptly titled, self-biographical title, don’t you think?), and although historians of years to come will formidably disagree with me, it was once true.  But, this is a digression; with American Idiot came a nation of ridiculously retarded Emo-crats.  And with their not-even-pseudo-political stances, teenagers of years past grew up.  It has been 5 years since Billie Joe Armstrong started touring the world with his balls in hand, and if perchance, even a tenth of those Emo-crats keeps a lewd interest in politics, that is (5,000,000/10) 500,000 new voters.  Of course, that is assuming that they are of age now to vote.  Imperfect math?  Yes.  Point made?  I damn sure hope so, because that took a while to get the numbers for.

And what do Canadians get?  We got damn signs and a debate or two.  Oh, and Jack Layton made some crappy cartoon ad and hired someone to play some mad Jenga.

The thing is, a poll of a few weeks ago showed that more Vancouverites gave a crap about the American election than the Canadian one.  There are many a reason, but especially in direct comparison to bi-partisan debates in the States, arguing for a majority in a quint-partison debate seems pointless and a waste of time.  Basically, Canadian politics just don’t matter as much as American, and we know this.

Whether you voted Liberal, Conservative, NDP or Green, or will be voting either Republican or Democrat - do so with the vigor of the Obamaniancs.

Tags: 08, america, election, mccain, obama, usa