Not in the ha-ha way, but in the I’m-getting-a-knot-in-my-stomach-and-can-feel-my-blood-pressure-rising kind of way. This insane Sarah Palin "bounce" where the ageing bumblefuck that is John McCain can somehow revitalize his campaign by reaching out and picking an ultra-rightwing "hockey mom" to steal the disaffected Hillary fans is beyond belief, and only the knowledge that the media has gone retarded and is blowing it all out of proportion is of any comfort right now.

If in fact, after eight years of Bush/Cheney and some of the ugliest political leadership imaginable– leading us to the point where anyone who wants to assuage their conscience after doing something downright awful can always think "hey, if the leaders of the free world can do it, why cant I?"– if, somehow, defying all logic, Americans truly think that another Republican administration rooted in [anti-diplomatic, anti-intellectual, anti-democratic] conservative Christian ideology is what we need at this point in time… if that happens, then I am going to find a way to go live on the goddamn Moon, because this planet will be truly fucked. I will have no choice but to assume the fundagelicals have succeeded in their agenda to bring about the End Times by making all the revelations crap in the bible come true, and I don’t want to stick around for that shit.