Since I had the right to vote, I have viewed politics from afar. Politics have never really interested me in the least, mainly because I observed it as run-around and empty promises. I have found it hard to follow, or keep interested in laws and bills, campaigns or slam ads. Politics is just not my forte.

However, with the recent presidential election going on right now in the United States, (yes, I am completely disregarding the upcoming Canadian election) I cannot help but stick my nose in this business, and here is why. It is pop culture if it's anything.

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As a political conservative, I’ve written previously about how thrilled I was that John McCain picked Governor Sarah Palin as his vice president. (See Culture Feast article I Finally Have a Horse in the Race.) I wasn’t the only one who was excited by his choice. McCain’s poll numbers enjoyed a bounce after the announcement. Donors infused money into his campaign.

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Check this out. Disclaimer: this is intentional comedy. Don't take this seriously. I'm saddened that I have to say that. As you were.

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My good friend, Barb, bakes four loaves of bread for her family every weekend because she doesn’t trust the additives and chemicals in store bought bread. Even though she’s a nurse and works in the health industry, she doesn’t take her daughters to the doctor unless she absolutely has to because her pediatrician always tries to pressure her to get her girls vaccinated against HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).

She makes her own soap because she doesn’t like the detergents and chemicals found in the bars you buy at the grocery store. In other words, Barb is an independent, do-it-yourself kind of woman who is mistrustful of many things most people think are okay.

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One of the things that makes it hard for me to support any politician is that despite what they say on the campaign trail, none of them can truly deliver what they promise.  The reasons are vast and someday I will blog more about that.  What I want to do right now is talk about the change that I believe would be good for America.

The first and probably the most important one is our current tax code. Our tax system has been written in a way that makes it confusing and I believe that it is done deliberately.  No one likes to pay taxes and we all wish that they were lower, however, there are some government programs that are essential and without tax revenue it would be impossible to fund those programs.

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Are you tired of politics already? Are you sick of hearing how each man is going to save us with their plans that will only work in Imaginationland? Would you like to have some fun at political expense? Would you like to know what your name would be if Sarah Palin was your mom?

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I’m not a political blogger. It isn’t that I don’t care about politics, or that I am uninformed, there are just many other people who do it much better than I ever could. I usually steer clear of the topic in my blogs, and recently I have had to steer clear of it in my everyday conversation. I don’t care if you don’t agree with me. This is how I see the facts from my perspective. On the flip side of that, I may not agree with you, but as long as you have made an informed and educated choice, we can get along. Now what I am running into these days are people that are making their choices based off of ignorant statements and misinformation.

I have sat at my lunch table and heard co-workers voice their political views, and I have been sick to my stomach. Their comments have been so ignorant and clueless, it just made me sad. You know I might agree that said candidate isn’t a good choice, but I’m not going to agree with you or even give your argument credibility by discussing it with you. I just won’t go there. I’m not sure where some people get their information, or if they just blindly believe anything people on TV tell them, but it just makes my head hurt.

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My husband, Kevin, recently came home from a European business trip. Over the course of a week and a half, he visited Poland, England and Ireland. Even though he was across the Atlantic Ocean, he knew exactly what was going on in America because of the constant European news coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Given the time frame and the pervasive news, the first question everyone asked him when they found out he was an American was, “So, who are you going to vote for in the election?” Kevin honestly answered, “I don’t know, yet.” And then usually the inquisitor would go off on Bush. They love Obama and they see McCain as another four years of what we’ve had for the past eight.

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Many of you are curious about Joe Biden. I've seen it in the search results. More than 4,000 searches are performed each day on him. And since I'm not the authority on all things Biden, I've compiled a list of links for you to check out for more information on Obama's choice for Vice President.

We haven't seen many comments on Biden here on CultureFeast.com, and we'd love to hear from you. What does Biden contribute to the Obama campaign? What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How will he hold up to Sarah Palin in debate? If you post a comment with your opinion, please be sure to let us know which party you favor so we will better understand your perspective.

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Sen. John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate and I’m thrilled.

You see, I’m a conservative, and here’s what that means to me. I’m for small government, small taxes, and largely a keep-your-nose-out-of my-business-type government--unless someone is getting hurt. I think government should protect the country and keep roads paved, and that’s about it. Prisons? Privatize them. The education system? Privatize it. The healthcare system? I don’t know what we should do about that. We’ve done a bit of both privatizing and government intervention and it’s still a mess. I’ll leave that debate to people who have answers.

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The August 15 issue of Entertainment Weekly featured interviews with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. It was a light interview in which the reporter asked questions like, “Who controls the remote in your home?” “What was the last movie you saw in a theatre?” “Who do you think made the best president in a TV show or movie?” Knowing the reporter wasn’t out to get them and that there wasn’t any wrong answer, the candidates felt free to be spontaneous and give readers a glimpse of how “normal” the men are without having an agenda to promote or talking points they had to stick to.

For instance, McCain likes ABBA. The first movie he ever saw was Bambi. And while he never voted for an American Idol contestant, his wife, Cindy, called in for Jordin Sparks of Glendale, AZ. He also thought that Dennis Haysbert on 24 made the best president and his favorite superhero is Batman.

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