eating a bean burrito and watching the debates will give you indigestion and disturbing dreams

i'm proud of myself. i, politics hater extraordinaire, actually sat and watched the entire VP debate between Sen Biden and Gov Palin last night.

*applause*

i don't have the stomach nor the blog space to discuss everything that disturbed me about that debate, but i will say that watching it led me to draw several conclusions:

1) i am officially declaring myself to be a member of the Redemo-pendent Party.

2) every person involved in this election makes me glad that Jesus is well on His way to come get me. if the Rapture occurred before November, i wouldn't be mad at nobody. and i mean that.

3) Gov Palin could be backed by Jesus Christ Himself and people would still hate her, for reasons i'm still not quite sure i understand. i'm not saying i think the woman is fit to run the country - i'm not saying i think any of these folks are fit to do so. but it's ridiculous the way the media and everyone else nitpicks everything the woman says and does and how she says it and does it. opposing her political stance and level of experience is one thing - afterall, that's what it's all about, taking a stance on politics and supporting who fits that. but all the other petty stuff is dumb to me.

4) i could never be in political office because when Sen Biden got choked up last night as he talked about understanding how it felt to not know if your child is going to make it (referring to the terrible tragedy his family suffered years ago), i would not have been able to stand at my podium and continue debating. i would have gone over to him, hugged him, laid his head on my shoulder and whispered, "ssshhh, it's ok Joey. It's ok, don't cry."

now THAT would've been a debate to watch.

i'm way too emotional for that kind of stuff, and i can't stand to see people cry - especially men. it really gets to me (not that Sen Biden started bawling or anything but his emotional reaction was way apparent). that would have crushed me, and out of sorrow for his pain and empathy for what he's gone through, i would have probably started crying myself right on stage.

so i fell asleep shortly after the debate ended, and wandered into some very strange dreams.

in one, i was in the locker room at the pool with Gov Palin and some other chick, and we were talking about the Bible and make up. the other unknown woman was asking me what kind of conditioner i use in my hair, and the three of us were changing clothes. and the funny thing is, i kept calling Palin "Mr. President." LOL

then i guess all the talk about same-sex marriage rights during the debate filtered into my dreams because i dreamt i then went to the home of some woman and she wanted to introduce me to her husband. when her "husband" came out of the back room, it was a woman - a very mannish woman, but a woman nonetheless. it took me a minute to realize it was in fact not a man but then i noticed the "husband" had breasts.

so they both left the room and as i stood in their living room, i looked around at all the photos adorning the tables and walls. and there were wedding photos of the woman and the female "husband," dressed as a bride and groom, there were professional photos of the couple and what appeared to be their children. and i got freaked out and ran outside, hopped in my car and drove away.

and say what y'all want but Gov Palin is funny! when she said to Sen Biden, "...and your joke was lame too...because... nobody got it..." i DIED. and when she criticized Biden for "pointing the finger backward" and she said "aww, Joe, say it ain't so..." (doesn't she sound like the mom from Bobby's World???), i DIED again. that lady is funny - not in a condescending way, but i mean seriously in a comical, "she got jokes" kinda way.

my burrito was really good though.