Cynical. Can He? Can Anyone?

A couple people know who I am over here, I think, but not many, and I like it that way. That's the whole point of the pink apartment, right? I don't want to write political stuff on my regular blog because I can't change anyone's mind, and likely nobody is going to change mine, and most of my readers are friends or acquaintances in real life and it just makes things too awkward.

I am realizing more and more that I am even more apathetic than I thought when it comes to politics. I mean, I have views. And I think it's safe to say that there is probably no candidate on the planet who is going to line up with my views 100% of the time. Most of you could probably say the same thing- either you vote for the lesser evil, or you vote for the guy you like better, and you say you would like him even more if he would just do this one thing, or just NOT do this other thing.

Really, the best I can say about ANY candidate is "well, he might." I'm not watching the inauguration tomorrow. I just don't care. And I feel sort of beat down and guilty that I don't, like it's my civic duty to care. Maybe it is, and I'm a horrible person. But I wouldn't have watched it no matter who won the election. It's not about my approval or disapproval of the person holding the office- it's my disbelief that any person in the office can make any real change at all.

I'm glad for people who are so excited about the outcome of this election that they weep happy tears. But I just don't get it. For the last eight years, people who backed the president said all sorts of things- whether they be true or giant rationalizations is not the point. People who hated the president said all sorts of things too. For the next four/eight years, the same thing will happen. If it doesn't get better, they'll say, "it's leftover Bush- we didn't shave our crotch fast enough". If it does get better, there will be gloating. And other things will get worse, because that is the way of it. Focus on one thing and you lose ground in other areas.

I just don't have faith that the next four years are going to be that different. And I would feel this way no matter who we were inaugurating tomorrow. It's not about that- I think he'll do the best job he can, the same as anybody else would. I just don't know that anybody can really do enough.