Election

It's one week until the election, and I've gotten to the point that I couldn't give a flying fuck who wins. I just want it over.

Bush is a disaster, of course, but as I posted previously, I think Kerry would be a disaster too. Not in terms of policy, where he could be nothing but an improvement, but in terms of popularity and leadership. He could wind up seriously damaging the progressive cause merely by being such a all-around douchebag. Jimmy Carter, chapter 2.

Unfortunately, I don't think my wish for it to all be over will be granted any time soon. Voting complaints and lawsuits are being filed all over the country already. Candidates have been urging people to vote absentee where possible, and after the 2000 debacle Congress required states to accept "provisional ballots" for people who try to vote, but aren't on the rolls for whatever reasons. Obviously the legitimacy of those ballots will take time to sort out.

Bush has been looking stronger in the polls recently, with a 3 or 5 percent lead nationally, but this election is very strange. There's lots of interest out there, and new registrations are at record levels, so it's very hard to know what the turnout might be like, and the polls, it seems to me, could be wildly off.