"Is It The Fourth?"

These were the last words of Thomas Jefferson, in which his doctor replied "It will soon be." On July 4, 1826, both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams passed away, 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I always found it fascinating that two of the signers (Jefferson, himself, drafted it) of the Declaration of Independence, as well as being 2 U.S. Presidents, died on the 50th anniversary of its signing. Five years later, in 1831, the nation's fifth president, James Monroe, also died.

Enough of my dorkiness, straight from my endless troth of (often) useless presidential information. Is it really the goddamn 4th yet?!?!? I just want the election to be over with! I'm tired of watching the campaign stops, the spin masters, the commentary. I'm tired of constantly checking the polls, and reading ignorant comments on message boards and YouTube. Yet, I'm a political junkie during election season. It gives me fodder for writing, and I can't help but be like a guy with a scratch on the roof of my mouth. But I'm getting tired. I just want to get it over with.

As of this morning, the polls lead in Barack Obama's favor. Most election-related websites have him in the lead in both the popularity polls and the electoral college polls. Most of these sites also predict that Obama will lead with over 300 electoral votes. They're usually correct. They predicted that the Bush/Kerry election of 2004 would be very close, which it was. It should also be stated that no presidential candidate as far behind in the polls as John McCain is in this point in time has come back to win an election. I just hope that doesn't change in the next 24 hours or so.

I'm still optimistic, albeit cautiously. Thanks to the stock market going kersplash, Obama clearly has an advantage, and most voters seem to be worried about the economy and who will get it back on track, rather than the skirmishes in the Middle East, Roe v. Wade, whether or not fags can get married (I use the term "fags" not as a jab towards homosexuals, but more as a jab towards those religious nutjobs and redneck bigots who use that word perhaps too literally, and voted for Bush based on his gay-marriage ban proposal back in '04) and who has more experience in politics. As optimistic as I am, and as much as I can't fathom things going wrong, I'm also very nervous. I'm hanging on the edge of my seat at this point, and I can't seem to shake the thoughts of the upcoming election for a mere 3 minutes. I just want it to happen one way or another, so I can move on from it. I'm prepared already. Stop with the anticipation! Stop with the time moving as fast as a snail on quaaludes!

I know I broke my promise to not write about the election until the election was over. But, fuck it. It's not like I made a bet on it or anything.