If you're obsessively following the pollsters, you know John Kerry recently overcame G.W. in projected electroal votes, but is still trailing in most polls. These things change by the minute, and are really not all that reliable. Consider there are seven million U.S. citizens living overseas, and polling of absentee voters in nearly non-existant. I don't know the intricacies of how these work with the electroal college system, but consider that absentee ballots equate to a population about the size of New Jersey. I'm personally baffled that the race is still as tight as it is, considering what a mess the current administration has made of everything its touched. The strongest economy in history has been turned into is in complete shambles, most of the world hates us, and good American kids are dying every day in Iraq for all the wrong reasons. Bush certainly isn't winning people over with his charm and eloquence... what gives?? What I can say is John Kerry isn't impressing me whatsoever of late. Hearing him talk about Iraq and the war on terror in the same breath makes me queasy and wonder why the hell we couldn't nominate someone like Wes Clark... at least someone who didn't step in line and vote for this obviously misguided and downright criminal war. As I've stated before, Sadam is one disturbed motherfucker who deserves whatever retribution the Iraqi people see fit, but this war has a lot less to do with that than it does with personal vendetta, profits for U.S. corporations and a really twisted form of idealism that assumes the people of the world want their very own WalMart and Applebees on every corner, and all the mind-numbing anti-culture that comes with it. I'm still going to vote for Kerry. Unfortunately there aren't any realistic options. Alan Blevins expresses my sentiments better.

While I'm yapping about politics, check out Josh Marshall's blog. [Thanks to Rob.]

Also consider this: there will be several supreme court seats opening up over the next four years. If George W. Bush wins a second term, it is almost certian that Roe vs. Wade WILL be overturned. Welcome to the stone age, friends. That alone should be more than enough reason to vote for John Kerry.