Let the blackballing begin....

While I think that Nader could have chosen his words more carefully, what is ultimately a lame play on words is pretty much going to end the career of someone who held a lot of leftist hopes for the better part of a decade. A poor choice of words means that no one is going to answer the very valid questions he was asking, and sets a very dangerous precident for anyone critical of Barack Obama. No doubt in my mind that Obama was the best of the candidates for the job, but Nader was the only candidate asking the questions I was asking. It's just unfortunate that the Amecican social climate is so knee-jerky that some poor taste disqualifies the validity of his questions. Accountability is out the door, "change" is the new buzz. Canadians are jumping on the bandwagon, even though few of them muster more commentary than "Well, Bush is just an idiot and Obama sounds like he knows what he's talking about". Hollywood Politics.

Seeing as how I live in Canada, I'm doubtful that the election will affect my life meaningfully at all. While a modicum of change is inevitable, I'm not holding my breath(much like the Bush's presidency had no real affect on my life). The same system is intact and it's going to be fine. I'd love to be wrong though.