MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Urgh, Politics

Before I get into the ugly subject, I want to announce my intention to Blog Every Day in September! Blogging at least gets me sitting at my writing desk, focused and fingers moving. I've been much to sporadic at both blogging and writing, so this is where I'll start.

(As I sit here in my attic writing nook, I hear acorns falling gangbusters righ above me. They sound like they must be golf-ball sized. I guess its getting to be fall.)

Okay, politics. It's been on my mind a lot more lately, with it being in the news every freakin' day now. And especially with the Republican national convention going on. I can't stand GWB or any of his cronies, and it's making me anxious to hear about the election so much. The media really plays it for all it is worth... oh no, this one is ahead in the polls, now whoops, the other one is ahead. The media really makes the election itself the issue-- by that I mean they treat it like it is a competitive team sport, the personalities, the accusations, who will win?, our team versus your team, go team go! It is not so much about the public voting in the person they want to have run the country for the next four years. It is not about making decisions based on the issues, and really finding out what each candidate thinks, what they will do. It is about winning.

The idea of GWB winning the election does make me anxious-- and it has been for months. But I'm certain that the anxiety of worrying about his possible election (I won't say re-election because I don't think he was elected the first time; he stole it) is worse than him actually being elected. If he is elected, then we'll just have to deal with it. It will just be a fact. But right now, during the campaign, it is all an unknown. There is nothing to "deal with" and it is a pretty helpless feeling. I alone cannot make John Kerry get elected. I've done my little part, with my great bumper stickers, buttons on my writing tote, plans to get a yard sign, a few dollars sent to Democrat organizations. As DH says, we live in Minnesota and usually the state goes Democrat, so none of this makes much a difference here. But my worrying and handwringing and anxiety won't do any good. I've got to let go.