I do not care about the vice presidential picks

It’s disturbing to me that even though I don’t watch TV and I avoid the standard news outlets like the cess-pits they are, I’m still somehow occasionally sucked into the political circus. Somehow, I caught myself wondering about Joe Biden’s qualifications, and interestedly poking around this Alaskan governor’s resume.

See, here’s the thing: I don’t care who the parties have put up for vice president. Honestly, even the presidential picks are sidebars to me. I think (as pointed out by ) that it’s very cool that it’s no longer possible to run a “two old white guy” ticket and expect to win. Given the choices, I am partial to Obama. I think he gives us exactly what we need right now – hope and enthusiasm for fixing what’s wrong with our country.

However, here’s my actual voting algorithm:

I will vote for the non-republican most likely to win on Nov 11. I do not care if that individual is a democrat or an independent – if they are white, black, hispanic, or of asian descent. I do not care about their gender or the gender(s) towards which they are sexually attracted. I barely care about their species.

We must – absolutely must – get the Republicans out of the executive branch. They have been there for 8 years and have done insane amounts of very long lasting damage to our very system of government, our economy, our environment, our reputation both worldwide and domestic. The mess in Iraq is the result of strategic thinking by the republicans. The current state of the economy is what the republicans promised when they were elected (i.e: CEOs and big money holders are doing great). Do what you want with the legislature – the presidency needs to not be in their hands anymore.

Do not be distracted by the media’s attempts to sell you a close race. The reason the media is selling a close race is that means another year of record setting campaign spending. That money? It goes to the media. TV, newspapers, and even media consultants have a very deep vested interest in making it a close race. Plus, that means that they get to be a critical part of the process.

Ignore them. We citizens have a very deep vested interest in voting in a non republican.

After this year, I will go back to trying to be a fair minded, independent, non-partisan voter … but for the moment I’m voting strategically. Republicans out. Now.