Big news for the upcoming Brendan Boogie Band show this Wednesday night at Great Scott in Allston: we will be joined on lead guitar by the great Joe Welsh from Fooled By April. The new proud papa Joe will be making a rare public appearance, so expect him to be extremely sleep-deprived and possibly covered in spit-up.
In other news, I didn't vote in the primaries on Super Tuesday. And, as it turns out, I didn't die. Take that, Puff Daddy!
Normally, I'm a regular voter, even in local elections (although to be honest I just vote for who my much smarter friend Christine tells me). But this time around, I felt pretty good about all the major candidates. I'd be reasonably happy with a President Clinton or Obama or even McCain, for that matter. I really don't have a ton of strong feelings either way. So I probably would have voted for the candidate with whom I would most like to have a beer (Obama). And remember what happened the last time we did that.
I wonder if I'm suffering from "Anyone's Better Than Bush" syndrome. I've got to be honest - I'm so giddy that our current President's reign of incompeterror (I just made up that word) has an expiration date of less than a year that I'm just plain crushing on all the candidates. President Ron Paul? Sure! President Dennis Kucinich? You bet! Hell, I'd even be happy with President Mike Huckabee, despite the giant laundry sacks of crazy he's been verbally dropping all over the countryside for the past several months. At least he's not Bush!
The only major candidate that gives me that "Second Coming of Bush" feeling is Mitt Romney. I considered voting for McCain to weaken Romney here in Massachusetts, one of his thirteen "home" states. But then everything I read suggested that Romney was a much weaker national candidate. So if I wanted the Democrats to take the White House (I do) and liked Clinton and Obama equally (I do), maybe the strategic vote would be FOR Romney. But could I go into a booth and check off the name "Mitt Romney"? I've got the heebies with a side order of jeebies just thinking about it.
In the end, I went for the "non-vote" option. That way, at least I can sleep at night. It also helps to know that I'll probably be dreaming of Dennis Kucinich's wife. She's a tall redhead with an English accent and a tongue ring. USA! USA!
In other news, I didn't vote in the primaries on Super Tuesday. And, as it turns out, I didn't die. Take that, Puff Daddy!
Normally, I'm a regular voter, even in local elections (although to be honest I just vote for who my much smarter friend Christine tells me). But this time around, I felt pretty good about all the major candidates. I'd be reasonably happy with a President Clinton or Obama or even McCain, for that matter. I really don't have a ton of strong feelings either way. So I probably would have voted for the candidate with whom I would most like to have a beer (Obama). And remember what happened the last time we did that.
I wonder if I'm suffering from "Anyone's Better Than Bush" syndrome. I've got to be honest - I'm so giddy that our current President's reign of incompeterror (I just made up that word) has an expiration date of less than a year that I'm just plain crushing on all the candidates. President Ron Paul? Sure! President Dennis Kucinich? You bet! Hell, I'd even be happy with President Mike Huckabee, despite the giant laundry sacks of crazy he's been verbally dropping all over the countryside for the past several months. At least he's not Bush!
The only major candidate that gives me that "Second Coming of Bush" feeling is Mitt Romney. I considered voting for McCain to weaken Romney here in Massachusetts, one of his thirteen "home" states. But then everything I read suggested that Romney was a much weaker national candidate. So if I wanted the Democrats to take the White House (I do) and liked Clinton and Obama equally (I do), maybe the strategic vote would be FOR Romney. But could I go into a booth and check off the name "Mitt Romney"? I've got the heebies with a side order of jeebies just thinking about it.
In the end, I went for the "non-vote" option. That way, at least I can sleep at night. It also helps to know that I'll probably be dreaming of Dennis Kucinich's wife. She's a tall redhead with an English accent and a tongue ring. USA! USA!
3 Comments:
Hell, I'd even be happy with President Mike
With the line break positioned as it was, I very much expected "Mirabella" to follow.
I like how at Romney rallys everyone has lame red foam baseball mits. Following that logic, shouldn't McCain supporters be holding up big foam toilets???
I like how at Romney rallys everyone has lame red foam baseball mits. Following that logic, shouldn't McCain supporters be holding up big foam toilets???
You're thinking of the candidacy of Thom McCan.
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