A CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEKEND

OK, I’m not actually going to vote for Ronnie James Dio in November. In fact, I don’t know who I’m going to vote for. I do know I’m just about thiiisssssssss close to tuning out not merely politics, but talk about politics as well.

But I haven’t given up hope. Even in what is shaping up to be 1988 redux I think–I WANT to think–that it’s still possible to make a case for either Bush or Kerry in a throughly positive vein.

So that’s my challenge to anyone who will accept it. I want to know all the positive reasons why you support the candidate you do. I don’t want to hear that your candidate’s not the other guy. In fact, when you’re making your case, I don’t want to hear about the other candidate at all, neither directly nor obliquely. I don’t want to hear about Iraq. I don’t want to hear about September 11. I don’t want to hear about medals. I don’t want to hear about the Texas Air National Guard. Or Halliburton. Or Bill Clinton. Or Teresa’s “shove it.” Got it? I don’t give a rat’s bonkus about any of that stuff. As I said here, I’m fairly certain nobody deserves to be president, but somebody has to be. Make your case for why your guy is the right guy. I am totally serious that my vote is up for grabs–and I am sick, sick, sick of being told to vote against the other candidate. Give me something to be for. Comment here, trackback on your own blog, I don’t care. Just talk to me, and make your case.