Well today is another day, obviously. I have started this entry a few times already, but each beginning seems to make too much sense. I guess that I don’t want to be in a poignant mood, but those are the sentences that seem to bubble to the top of the proverbial pot.
I watched the O’Reilly Factor the other night for a bit. I haven’t seen that many episodes of the show but the dozen or so that I have watched have been quite amusing. I don’t think O’Reilly hides the fact that he is a little more to the right than to the left, but, during every show that I have seen, he does a great job asking tough questions to important people. Sure, he is opinionated, but I don’t think he allows his opinions sway the tone of his show.
O’Reilly does a great job of forcing his guests to not give generic political responses. For example, last night he pretty much forced one of Kerry’s advisors to admit that John Kerry probably doesn’t support gay marriage because, like so many people of his generation, he isn’t quite comfortable with it. I think it is cool when a journalist can bring out that kind of honesty in someone. I also believe that he really doesn’t favor either President Bush or John Kerry, which in my mind is a definite plus for any editorial news host. Even though (as I stated before) his opinions seem to be a bit more to the right than the left, he trashes Bush’s policies (especially some of the wartime policies) quite regularly, and even called Bush on them during an interview.
After O’Reilly Factor one of my friends came over and we watched the new episode of South Park. It was a great episode, and I loved how they picked on Poppa Diddy Pop’s “Vote or Die” campaign and PETA. I also thought the message of the show was really poignant, this year our election is between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich…oh, and unless you live in a swing state other than Florida, your vote probably doesn’t count. After South Park, Comedy Central premiered their latest show, Drawn Together. This show was absolutely hysterical, if you didn’t see it last night I encourage you to check it out next week.
John Kerry is coming to town on Saturday for a rally. In a way I’d like to go. I really want some propaganda and I wouldn’t mind hearing Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi. However, I am not a big fan of hordes of single-minded people that believe John Kerry is America’s Moses. Maybe you like John Kerry better than Bush, maybe (and this is a big maybe in my mind, I actually plan on voting for Bush) he actually is the lesser of two evils. But, face it, dirty diapers and dog shit both stink, it is all just opinion what offends your nostrils more.
