Today is your last (or maybe only) chance to vote. Make sure you do it because if you complain about the President or any other leadership, and you didn't vote in the election that hired them, you will be killed in your sleep.
Seriously.
Vote.
If you want to bitch about it, you gotta get to the polls. Belinda agrees.
Or you can listen to a bunch of famous people saying the same thing. (Including my Halloween costume.)
A friend sent me this through email yesterday. It made me chuckle, so I thought I'd share.
I think that this is Tina Fey's script for her SNL skits as well. My favorite part is "Do something cute. OMG! You're such a great debater!"
I suppose if I liked her it wouldn't be so funny. Although, I do have to say that I was impressed with how well she did during the vice presidential debate. She really only completely avoided a few questions and sometimes actually sounded like she knew what she was talking about. I did laugh out loud a few times though, specifically when she gave the shout out to the 3rd grade class and when she said, "Say it ain't so, Joe!" I was proud of myself because I knew it was from the Black Sox Scandal. (I recently watched Eight Men Out.)
Because I can't stop posting them now, here's the SNL opening from Saturday. Queen Latifah showed up as a special guest star to be the moderator from the Vice Presidential debate. I think I laughed just as hard at Jason Sudeikis playing Senator Biden. (Remember, they were dating each other on 30 Rock.)
I'm sure these are way funnier if you're actually watching the debates. Next one is tomorrow night.
Okay, I didn't realize that Tina Fey was just repeating Sarah Palin from the Katie Couric interview, but that's what she was doing. I didn't get to see both in close proximity to one another, but this CNN clip puts them together nicely.
I bet Ms. Fey is sitting on the edge of her seat waiting for the vice presidential debate tomorrow night. It must be nice for her to not have to come up with anything to write.
Holy cow. And she wants to be Vice President? The scary part is, it might actually happen.
If that's the case, I say we stage a coup d’état and put Tina Fey in her place. No one will ever know the difference. It'll be just like Dave.
Saturday Night Live has done it again. Just more proof as to why I love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. (By the way, Baby Mama is out on DVD. It's pretty cute in a predictable kind of way. I still affirm it would have been better if Tina had written it herself.)
If you didn't see the interview with Katie Couric, you should probably watch it because it makes this even more hilarious. SNL did one on the presidential debate with Obama and McCain too, but it wasn't quite as funny.
When I heard the nominee for the democratic vice president, I asked, "Does anyone know anything about him?" No one did. So, I asked Wikipedia. It knew a whole bunch.
After reading about him, I decided that he's a good guy because he pays my salary. No, not because I'm a public servant. You see, most of my salary is paid for with grant money received from the Violence Against Women Act. Senator Joe Biden wrote the law that made the money that pays my salary possible.
I read about his political positions on wiki as well and turned out to be alright with Obama's choice. However, here are the things that I read that bothered me:
He plagiarized a speech in his first attempt at becoming president during his campaign in 1988. When that happened, it came out that he also plagiarized something in law school. This leads me to believe that he's either lazy or stupid, and his ethical character is called into question.
He also lied about graduating in the top half of law school (he was 76th in a class of 85), that he had attended on a full scholarship, and had received three degrees. He actually had two majors, (History and Political Science) and a single Bachelor's degree, as well as a half scholarship based on financial need. So, he's a liar. But, so are all politicians, right?
He's also recently quoted as saying "If I could wave a wand, and the Lord said I could solve one problem, I would solve the energy crisis." Now, I'm not a religious person, but... really? I think he just equated God to magic.
Regardless of these things, I still found myself not hating him. He's from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He's been involved with many federal crime laws over the years, increasing the number of capital crimes, and voted for heavier punishments for hate crimes. He drafted VAWA which helped investigation and prosecution of violent crimes perpetrated against women over 14, and gave me a job. He also introduced the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act (RAVE), which was an effort to stop the spread the drugs used in sexual assaults such as GHB, rohypnol, ecstasy and ketamine. He's pro-education, Roe v. Wade, and stem cell research. All of these things are close to my heart. So, I can't hate him.
So, the "old crusty white dude" (as Kathy Griffin put it) will probably bring more conservative voters to the polls because an african american dude and a woman on the same ticket would probably be suicide.
Although, Biden does have a reputation for saying really stupid things, so I guess Obama will just need to make sure he's kept under tight reign.
Can't wait to see what happens with McCain. And also, have you seen this? It's amazing - Hillary's in a campaign ad for the Republican as she tries to reunite her Democratic party.
Such drama. I wish they all had really awesomely edited reality shows.
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