Thinking and Writing, Writing and Thinking
Thus far in the day I’ve been having trouble figuring out what to blog about today. I finally finished that reflection paper, but I’m not really sure how worthwhile that would be as a blog post. And I’ve kinda used up a lot of the pop culture thoughts I’ve had over the weekend. (“A Friend of Pat Robertson” is still a damned good song, and anyone who’s ever e-mailed me about Jake Johannsen routines may want to check out YouTube fast. I’m just sayin’.)
I think the biggest reason for the writer’s block on serious subjects is that the thing I’m thinking about is something I’m really not ready to start writing about – the 2008 presidential primaries. No candidate has really excited me enough to start working for him. And that last pronoun is deliberate. I really can not see myself supporting Hillary Clinton in the primary. (If she wins the nomination, obviously, it’s a whole new ball game.) But you know, there’s been a Bush or a Clinton in every presidential campaign since 1988, 1980 if you count vice-presidential nominations. And I know the Bush clan is responsible for most of those, but I don’t want to usher one political dynasty off the stage by bringing a new one in. If Senator Clinton were leaps and bounds above the other candidates, maybe I’d get over this concern. But at the moment I’m hard-pressed to think of anything she’s done or said that gets me particularly enthused. (And as always, if other people connect with her, more power to them and to her, and if there are more of them than there are of me, we’ll find out at the polling booth.)
Hmm. Maybe I did have something to say there after all. But at any rate, I’m just not ready to really jump into 2008, which is sucking up a lot of energy even here in Philadelphia, where we’ve got a mayoral primary coming up in just four months. And I still gotta pick a candidate there. So I may stay clear of the presidential derby for a while.
That said, Keith Olbermann’s poke at Fox and their Barack-Obama-went-to-a-Muslin-school story on tonight’s Countdown was well worth watching.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.
Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 at 2:20 am |
Good Lord, don’t even get me started on the “Obama at a Muslim school” story – I’m kinda like you, it’s way too early for this kinda crap. Though it’s somewhat telling that these tactics are already being rolled out for Obama and not quite so much for Clinton. (Either she isn’t considered that much of a threat, or someone’s counting on her tripping herself up enough that they don’t need to try.)
You could always try blogging about kittens, man. Let me tell ya, that’s where it’s at. Or so I read someplace…