I feel like I ought be able to muster more interest in the presidential elections, but I just can’t manage it. I feel like I should care more about The Sarah Palin Experience, but mostly I am just befuddled by it. I think maybe McCain has gone dotty in his advanced age. I mean, c’mon, Sarah Palin? Really? I guess Admiral Stockdale wasn’t available.

[NOTE: I too am clearly an old man. Jokes about a failed third party VP candidate from 16 years ago? Yikes. For some reason I watched part of the VMA's on MTV the other night. Not only did I not like any of the music, but I didn't even know who most of the people onscreen were. I am a relic.]

I would like to think that this means the Republicans can start with the first draft of their concession speech, but every time I give a little credit to the voting public, they let me down.

Just in case anybody reading this is still on the fence, though, I do have one thing I would like to say. John McCain is really old. He’s 72, and not looking so hot these days. He reminds me a lot of Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential election: an aging warhorse who is well past his prime and has clearly lost a step. Point being, he could go at any time. Septuagenarians get sick and die, for no apparent reason other than just being old, all the time. The average life expectancy for white American males is just under 76 years old. If McCain has a stroke or heart attack, or a resurgence of cancer, Sarah Palin would be the President of the United States. Are you ready for that? I don’t think she is.