Politics and stuff

My dad was asking me if I was going to hear Bill Clinton speak Friday. Unfortunately I took off Thursday, and unlike my dad, I can't just leave whenever I like. I would like to see him though. I saw Al Gore at the airport in '92, but have no memory of it. I think I was too short to actually see him. And I'm probably still that same height, so I'd have that problem again, I'm sure. Also, I would like to hear what he has to say about Bruce Lunsford, because that race in particular has gotten on my nerves. All the negative campaigning has made me not want to vote for either one, but then I would feel guilty, because it seems like it is actually going to be a close race. And I do not like Mitch McConnell. I'm pretty shocked that anyone has been able to come close to him, but we'll see how that turns out. So no Bill Clinton for me. I read Andrea's post and I do think that people don't hate him here like they have in the past. He must have known something or another about the economy (unless you still want to say that the economy is better now than it was when he left office...but that's stupid). Also, I don't think so many other countries hated us like they do now. And also for the most part, we felt safer. You can say that's because we hadn't had 9/11 yet (kind of the point), but I personally feel a lot less safe now than I did then. And I think we'll continue to go in that direction with Bush / McCain (same thing). I'd like to think that Colin Powell knows a little something about foreign affairs and defending our nation. I'm pretty excited for this election to be over. I'm tired of all the ads, and also, it's pretty cool to be part of history. But I have enjoyed SNL recently. Tina Fey is pretty funny (especially with the moving to Mars if McCain/Palin are elected). Also, I had been very proud of my church (for the most part) for not being so preachy about who we should vote for this year. Seriously, it's been bad in the past (one year, Ron Lewis actually attended our church to campaign). I did miss church last Sunday though. Our pastor has a blog though, and today's entry is about the election. I understand and respect (and also expected) his position. However, I don't understand the term pro-abortion (I do understand it, I just disagree with it). McCain ran with it during one of the debates. I believe the correct term is pro-choice. Unless Obama is running around forcing women to abort their babies, which seems very not like something he would, considering his background. If the pro-life position is wanting there to be laws banning abortion, pro-abortion would therefore mean wanting laws forcing every woman who became pregnant to have an abortion, right? And there'd be activists outside of hospitals yelling and carrying signs ridiculing women for having children. And that whole scenario seems stupid. Which is what the term pro-abortion is. Sometimes I wish I was one of those people who didn't really have strong opinions on politics and issues such as abortion. But that's just not me, and also sounds boring.