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I’m a Marketing Major, Damn it! Some thoughts on life, Politics, and even Paul Newman.
Sep 27th
For years and years I was the go-to guy for a lot of peoples PC problems, I honestly can’t get away from people thinking I can fix their problems. Don’t get me wrong, I can fix just about anything and I’ve been able to take apart or build a pc with my eyes closed since I was 12, but that’s besides the point. I don’t like doing it, I don’t wanna spend time doing it, and it bores me to death. This brings me to my next point;
People always ask what my major is, when I tell them I’m a marketing major they tend to look at me. They stare and say something along the lines of, “why not something with computers?” with a puzzled look on their face. It seems like I can’t get away from people second guessing my career choice! 
It gets annoying but I deal with it. But I do wonder what they’ll do if I go through and actually go for a double major –the other most likely being journalism or poli-sci. Yikes!
Meanwhile I missed the first presidential debate last night, (long story involving pre-syncope, ha!) But I caught the end and after debate coverage along with the C-Span rerun. I honestly thought McCain and Obama did well. McCain should have and could have hit harder (not that he was easy on O). Obama was too text-book sounding and as always, was hesitant when things were trying to made as clear as possible –AS ALWAYS. With no clear winner, Obama is the winner simply for not being knocked the hell out of the ballpark.
So today, Paul Newman died. He’s been such a part of American culture for so long it really sucks. I hated his politics, especially his support of Ned Lamont against Senator Joe Lieberman in ‘06. But he did a lot of good during his golden years, so he was cool in my book.
And finally, I end with a question. When will people wise up? There’s more to politics than rich and poor, Republican and Democrat, Red and Blue, and right and left. I’ve been a Republican for a long time (be-it a somewhat liberal one as far as Republicans go.) But I still get people looking at me as if I’m an idiot. The fact of the matter is I know more about politics than most people who I talk to on any given day. I can identify just about every big-shot political player by looking at them, Republican or Democrat. I know a lot of bills major senators have passed in recent years and I know what they are for. I don’t open my mouth based on bullshit or what I’ve been told to believe, after all I come from a long line of Democrats. I’m simply doing what I know is right and supporting who I believe is right for the ever important job of representing me. I invite any one to debate me on any political matter just don’t demonize me, call me a “traitor,” “hater,” snob, jerk, or idiot. All of which are popular lately. Substance is everything. 
Even Though He said it’d Never Happen, Dad’s Voting Republican.
Aug 4th
My father is a life long Democrat, I suspect that since the first time he ever voted he’s never cast a ballot for a single Republican. About two weeks ago my family was about to have dinner and my dad says, “I think I’m voting Republican,” with a blank look on his face. He went on by saying:
“The more I see Obama, the more I don’t like him. Lately he’s walking around with a smartass attitude and I saw one of those town hall meetings with McCain I liked that he took shit from people and let them talk, Obama always wants to shut people up when he doesn’t like what they’re saying. Obama also says he doesn’t want to drill in the ocean either, I don’t get it…”
I stared at him as he went on and on with his reasons. I couldn’t get past the fact that my dad is very much into politics but doesn’t watch the pundit shows. He’s more likely to tune in to the big 3 or C-Span than anything. While there was a minor stir about Obama’s; well, apparent arrogance, my dad’s a normal guy and none of this got to him. He came to his conclusion by himself, he didn’t get pushed one way or another and I had no part in this despite the fact that I’ve been calling myself a Republican for a long time.
The conversation went on with my big sister jumping in and taking my usual role as Republican pushers, she has NEVER been into politics, NEVER been in love with voting and NEVER shown much interest in much of this unless I was breaking it down in a funny way. From what she has picked from Obama, she can’t stand him. She was more of a Hillary backer, now she’s on my side of things. She attributes her dislike to him simply being “a dumbass.”
While I made up my mind about voting McCain a LONG time ago, those close to me seem to be thinking harder about their vote this year and not casting their vote for the Democrat just because it’s a habit. I can’t help but wonder if this is happening across the US and maybe is attributing to Obama and McCain being in a statistical dead-heat in most polls in a year where Democrats should be FAR ahead.
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