Thursday, August 21, 2008
The Upcoming Election
Political discussions are cropping up at cocktail and dinner parties more often as election day nears. Hillary did not make it into the top spot, so those who wanted to elect the "first woman President" are feeling somewhat let down. Companies are capitalizing on the candidates with everything from bumper stickers (the norm) to playing cards (Politically Wild)
I admit that the idea of the first woman president did occur to me as a good thing... just not Hillary as she is so very much like the male candidates that are well known and in the running. As a Libertarian, I have watched the mainstream parties grow closer and closer together in their ways of thinking. It is unlikely that much will change for the better following the end of the Bush regime since it is unlikely that any of the "mainstream" candidates will want to tackle undoing the wrongs done to this country by things like the patriot act.
There is a candidate you won't find in the political playing card decks being sold and that is Christine Smith.
You probably have not heard of her, and she might not even appear on the ballot come election day. She is a candidate for president none the less. Her basic premise is one of returning the country to a pre-war, pre-Bush, pre-patriot act status, giving back the freedoms stolen from the American people under the guise of homeland security.
In any case, you won't find her in the decks offered by politically wild, but you might find some solace in seeing McCain as a dinosaur or a skunk , or Mike Huckabee as a Dodo bird.
Perhaps the perfect gift for an apathetic nation are these decks of playing cards.
I admit that the idea of the first woman president did occur to me as a good thing... just not Hillary as she is so very much like the male candidates that are well known and in the running. As a Libertarian, I have watched the mainstream parties grow closer and closer together in their ways of thinking. It is unlikely that much will change for the better following the end of the Bush regime since it is unlikely that any of the "mainstream" candidates will want to tackle undoing the wrongs done to this country by things like the patriot act.
There is a candidate you won't find in the political playing card decks being sold and that is Christine Smith.
You probably have not heard of her, and she might not even appear on the ballot come election day. She is a candidate for president none the less. Her basic premise is one of returning the country to a pre-war, pre-Bush, pre-patriot act status, giving back the freedoms stolen from the American people under the guise of homeland security.
In any case, you won't find her in the decks offered by politically wild, but you might find some solace in seeing McCain as a dinosaur or a skunk , or Mike Huckabee as a Dodo bird.
Perhaps the perfect gift for an apathetic nation are these decks of playing cards.
