W.

I just came back from the midnight show of the movie W., the biographical movie of our dearly beloved President, George W. Bush.

(The boys and I were actually planning on seeing Myspace's free screening of Role Models, but someone - I won't state names - ran late, so we missed it. Haha, it's cool though. We saw this movie for free because Tony works at the Arclight.)

Going back to the film, I'd say it was well worth our time. As much as I'd like to, I have to admit that I haven't actually kept up with politics for a while now - not since Kerry lost four years ago. After that I had given up all hope in our country. So based on everything the media exposed on our television screens, radios, and now the Internet, just like every other liberal in this blue state, I too thought of a monkey when I saw George W. Bush's face. After seeing this movie, that judgment I held faded a bit.

Though the movie was slanted towards revealing our President as a less-than-intelligent man, it also revealed other things too. When we think of our "government", most of us automatically think of the way our President runs things - and that's just it. The President isn't really the only one to blame, though. We need to remember that our government is made up of different branches, and that the President is only one part of the executive branch. He's not the only one in that branch either. There's also the Vice President (who was definitely portrayed as a Dick in the movie), the Speaker, the Secretary of State, Treasury, and so forth. Sad as it is to say, George W. Bush is just a man representing these guys - a puppet, if you will. He confides in them to make decisions that affect billions of people, because we need to face this reality. Not one man can run this country alone.

That's all he is, really. He's human. He isn't Superman. He's got his flaws just like the rest of us. He'll have his strengths, and he'll have his weaknesses.

Okay, I'm making this a pity party, though. I'm not saying that he's totally free of guilt - 'cause he's not. Maybe he had poor judgment in letting a Dick tell him what to do; I don't know. I just think that some people are too quick to hate on him. Heck, I know I was. But hey, you try running for President, then.

If anything, that film sort of relieved a bit of my discontentment with George W. Bush. It just made me feel really bad for the guy.

I just wanted to mention one more thing. On the ride home, Bernardo pointed out the difference between the election of 2004 and 2008. Back in 2004, Kerry and Bush were both firm in what they believed in - every question in the debates had an absolute yes or no answer. Are you Pro-Life? Do you believe in the death penalty? Gay marriage? The candidates then were distinct, firmly grounded with their beliefs, and therefore made it easier to choose. Now the candidates for presidency have moderate answers within a gray scale. None of them are clear, and their answers to questions just sound really similar to me. Bernardo said that it could be because they're afraid of losing votes by stating something clearly - and that sounds extremely plausible in my opinion.

I'm still lost in the realm of politics. All I know is that I want to make things better for everyone. I was just thinking about the economy, and to be honest... I really am tired of this Laissez-faire bull. The rich are just getting richer, leaving the poor with nothing. Then again, without a free-market... would that just lead to the other extreme? Communism? I wish someone would come up with an amazing plan to get us out of debt.

F*ck it, I should just move to Canada.