We’re leaving together,
But still it’s farewell
And maybe we’ll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We’re leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?
It’s the final countdown…
Ah, I can almost hear the synth horns right now. This is, in fact, the final countdown — to that date with destiny otherwise known as November 4. After eight years of right-wing insanity, around here we are indeed wondering whether we will ever come back to earth. And sadly, there are many to blame. In less than two short months, we’ll know whether Americans chose John McCain or Barack Obama to be their next president. It gives me the butterflies just thinking about it.
Some of you may have followed my "Live From the Democratic National Convention" blog last month (and if not, you really should check out the posts prior to this one, if only to see the corn hat). Well, I just can’t stop blogging, so from now through that fateful week in November, I’ll be bringing you running commentary here on c-ville.com. I’ll be posting several times a week, in between work on my other job as a political cartoonist. In case you’re just tuning in, I draw the comic "Slowpoke," which appears in C-VILLE and other papers around the country. While the Bush administration has given me plenty of cartoon fodder over the past eight years, I would prefer to spend the next four mocking Republicans’ resistance to Obama’s ideas than their continuation of ones that are batshit crazy.
So join me for these final weeks of a long campaign season, and be sure to speak your mind in the comments section. On election night we will celebrate with — or cry in — a virtual beer together. Either way, I assure you there will be beer.
I leave you with the unofficial soundtrack to this blog: "The Final Countdown" by Europe, as performed by The Manualist. Some might question the use of hand flatulence in a such a high-flying blog, but I think it perfectly captures the state of our mainstream political discourse. Whatever you do, don’t miss the solo that starts at 2:20.