25 Things I Don’t Understand About the Election.

November 4, 2008 in Life,Politics with 5 Comments

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I don’t understand politics.

I don’t understand why people allow themselves to get so upset. On November 5th, Starbucks will still brew coffee, traffic lights will still turn green, and the U.S. will still be the U.S.

I don’t understand conservative talk radio.

I don’t understand media bias. At all.

I don’t understand how McCain won the GOP spot on the ticket.

I don’t understand why Obama smokes.

I don’t understand attack ads. Why not just tell me why you’d be the best candidate?

I don’t understand Focus on the Family. I don’t understand how someone(s) can honestly state they know which way God is leaning politically.

I don’t understand the debate between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. It’s not that easy. It usually never is.

I don’t understand extreme liberalism.

I don’t understand extreme conservatism.

I don’t get people who don’t vote.

I don’t understand the electoral college but I feel like I should.

I don’t know when the U.S. became the center of the universe.

I don’t understand how you can compare Obama to Hitler. It’s been done, numerous times. I don’t get that.

I don’t understand how five-year-olds can learn to dislike each other based on how their parents vote. That’s a mystery.

I don’t understand how Katie Couric can continue to do her job with any sense of integrity after her interview with Sarah Palin.

I don’t get why a majority of young people are voting for Obama and a majority of older people are voting for McCain.

I don’t get why McCain can’t lift his arms above his head. I know there’s torture involved, but I can’t figure out why his arms can’t heal.

I don’t understand why, even if it’s true, people are so upset that Jeremiah Wright is a black liberation theologian.

I don’t understand why there’s not a viable third party option.

I don’t understand how they count votes so fast.

I don’t understand the reasons behind choosing an elephant and a donkey as a mascot.

I don’t understand how some politicians sleep at night.

I don’t understand the obsessive outrage of Roe v. Wade.

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5 Responses to “25 Things I Don’t Understand About the Election.”

  1. Paul Stewart November 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm #

    But you are a pastor, you are supposed to understand everything! Hopefully you will have the answers to all of these questions by the time you get your M.Div. Learning Greek should definitely help.

  2. Dale November 4, 2008 at 3:27 pm #

    If you need me to I can send you some wikipedia articles like I usually do to answer some of these questions for you. Lol just joking Happy Election Day!

  3. Dave Sandell November 4, 2008 at 4:33 pm #

    Indeed.

    I agree on most of that. Although, while I agree that on Nov. 5, 2008 everything will be the same no matter who wins, I’m not sure I agree that on Nov. 5, 2010 everything will be the same, and so I think there’s something here worth getting worked up over. It’s important. The last eight years have certainly proven that the leader of our country can affect day-to-day life for many, many people.

    By the way, I think the elephant/donkey thing is like the red/blue thing. Originally something in pop culture that the parties eventually embraced. I could be wrong though.

  4. John Phillips November 4, 2008 at 11:23 pm #

    Pastor Paul said: “But you are a pastor, you are supposed to understand everything! Hopefully you will have the answers to all of these questions by the time you get your M.Div. Learning Greek should definitely help.”

    I guess certin Pastors don’t know how bad Mocking is as a pratice too… Hopefully the Greek study takes Pastor Paul to Proverbs 14:6 and 15:12.

    As far as your list it is very insteresting; much to ponder.

  5. SB November 5, 2008 at 12:47 pm #

    I also don’t understand many of these things.
    My hope is in a faithful God, not in the newest president elect (or those of the past or the future).

    I really don’t get why you didn’t hear much of the other side of Jeremiah Wright (black liberation theology) on the news… I’ve had breakfast with the guy. He isn’t evil, who cares if he was/is Obama’s pastor. I have a nice pastor, does that make everyone in the congregation nice? Nope, haha. But, I guess that’s just me rooting for the underdog, always looking for the positive spin.