I’m a California voter. That means that for me, this presidential election is basically over. When I cast my ballot in the primaries, that was the extent of my participation in choosing who will be president. Whatever decisions I could possibly make after that will have no bearing on the outcome of this election. The same goes for each other California voter.

In a presidential election, California is an overwhelmingly Blue state. Our electoral votes will go with the DNC no matter what. The FBI could arrest Obama for high treason with a dozen 12-year old Al-Quaida boys on live TV during the NBC Nightly News, complete with the videotapes to prove it, and California would still vote for the DNC candidate. God could come down and tell everyone that McCain was the saint and Obama was the sinner and California would still vote for the DNC candidate. This was all was written in stone long before the dawn of this century and I doubt it will change in my lifetime.

All that remains is for most of the voters to make the mark they were going to make anyway regardless of which candidates won their respective nominations. There are no converts to be made, and even if there were it wouldn’t touch the results of the coming election.

Seeing as how there are no hearts and minds to win over, the next best thing is to watch the campaigning for it’s entertainment value. A little rational discourse would fit that bill if it were possible, but the partisans are here to make sure that never happens.

Politics (and Marion’s gender hostility, dating problems, spousal support hassles and all her other triggers) ruined Piggington’s.