Laurelei's Take on the '08 Race

I'm probably a more typical American than Brandon. I'm much lazier in my civic duties. Don't get me wrong: I vote, and I make sure that I have some understanding of the candidates and the issues well before I enter that little booth. For me, though, the election is too far off to get my knickers in a twist about it just yet. I can't even say that I have a favorite in the race, at this point.

Held at gunpoint and forced to choose, I'd go with Barack Obama. Why? Not sure. I get a good vibe from him. He was fantastic on "Oprah." I've liked everything I've heard from and about him in the last several years, though I don't think I could pull a quote or a fact out of the air about any of it now. Beyond that, I'm just sick to death of old white men in the Oval Office.

{Aren't you glad my high school civics teacher retired? I think I probably got an A in that class, for all the good it does me.}