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Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer (from the New York Times)
Holy crap? When did Hillary decide she was running on the Republican ticket?

Maybe I’m just a clueless, naïve fool who doesn’t know shit about politics, but it seems like the three contenders are running in, not two, but three parties. John McCain is clearly running on the “Crazy Old Motherfucker” ticket, Hillary is rapidly becoming an old-school Republican, and Barack Obama does actually kinda sorta resemble a Democrat.

I think this division between the Democratic contenders is a real boon for John McCain (sadly). Hillary seems to be completely oblivious to the words that are falling out of her mouth. Is she like Joe Lieberman in that she forgot she’s supposed to be a Dem? (At least Joe finally dropped the charade by running as an Independent.)

The Republican Party has already demonstrated through its distance from Bush that there’s more than one way to be a Republican. This presidential race has proven that obviously there’s more than one way to be a Democrat as well. So why are there still only two major parties? I think that has a lot to do with the binary mentality of most Americans:

Coke or Pepsi?
Macintosh or PC?
McDonald’s or Burger King?
Male or Female?
Rich or Poor?
White Hats or Black Hats?
With us or against us?
All or Nothing?

It seems to me that this binary thinking is pervasive in American thinking. Nevermind the fact that there are alternatives to the binary. (RC Cola, Linux, Arby’s, Middle Class, Men Without Hats, Patriotic Dissent, Something.)

I guess I just don’t get it. But I do feel that if we’re not careful in our thinking, Americans are going to wind up with four more years of Bush, er… McCain.

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