Ach, Where's Our Country Going?

I'm a little concerned because I just read in a New York Times article that overseas voters are going to have a hard time getting their ballots. I asked for mine over a month ago and have not yet received it. This election is too important for states to just up and forget about us overseas voters. What a mess. I smell a conspiracy.

Meanwhile, I listened to an interview last night with Bobby Kennedy on the Al Franken Show (while knitting). The conversation freaked me out about fish forever. I might just have to go buy Kennedy's book. It is astounding how little we know about environmental protection/destruction... I knew that mercury levels were a problem but not to this extreme. There's a militant environmentalist in me somewhere, I can fell it.

And finally, last night, I watched a show on C-Span that focused on the debating styles of Bush vs those of Kerry. It was an interesting show - I thought James Fallows was very well-spoken and did an incredible job of being objective. At any rate, the woman running the show asked for callers to call in with suggestions on how Bush/Kerry could increase their chances of "winning" the "debate" this Thursday. It struck me that all of the Bush supporters called in saying, "Well, Bush just needs to be himself. He's so warm and charming..." (gush, gush, gush) whereas the Kerry supporters would call in saying, "He needs to talk about Iraq" or "He needs to talk about the economy" and so on. Kerry supporters were interested in policy, Bush supporters were interested in personality. Fallows pointed this out a bit more diplomatically, but I wonder if Bush supporters know anything about the issues.

Anyway. The semi-broken foot and the new love of knitting has allowed to catch up on politics before school starts again next week. I can't believe I spend my vacation time knitting on listening to talk radio. I must be getting old. Proof: I'm turning 25 next week.

Edit: You can read an article on the Bush and Kerry face-off by James Fallows here. It's pretty good. The thingie on C-Span was interesting because of the visuals, but the article is very thorough and interesting.