It's Like Totally 80s

I was thinking about the election this morning. It's a ritual. Okay, it's an obsession. I think about it at least several times an hour all day long. It even invades my dreams. I can't wait for November 5.

This morning it struck me that I've seen this story before. I thought about it for a moment and started laughing. It was like an 80's movie. The cool, all-American kids are jerks and they always seem to win. They become the Prom Kings and Queens. They rule the roost. But then some upstart weirdo or misfit upsets the natural order of things. They are the real hero of the movie and we root for them to succeed. Then in the end they triumph and stay true to themselves.

I imagine the Obamas and Bidens will stay true to themselves and their core values; they have so far and it's been a brutal two years. Will they triumph? I hope so. I can't even envision McCain's nasty, smug persona in charge of the nation especially with his love of deregulation and bombing things! I'm sick over the possibility of the extremist Palin being a heartbeat away from the nuclear codes and my children's future.

I'm going to keep plugging away with postcards, phonebanks and my other volunteer activities. But I am also going to cross my fingers that like all good 80s movies the unlikely hero wins the girl/nation in the end.