I am not an American. I am proud of that, but that’s not to say that I hate American’s. I suppose I just hate their President, their foreign policy, and how the government treats the citizens. But I love other things that are uniquely American. Like the light bulb, automobile, comic books, and Google. So I suppose it’s more of a love hate thing. In any case, with the pending Presidential race gearing up, we’re seeing an incessant amount of flag waving going on down south, and delightfully, a solid amount of politically inspired art. In the past we featured Shepard Fairey’s awesome Obama print, which may have inspired others to put brushes to canvass.
With all the generic slogans we’ve come to expect in the political showdown of the century, Obama would have us believe that a vote for him is a vote for hope, change and “insert anther pipe dream here”. Not to sound negative, but we’ve all heard the promises before, and we’ve all been let down. If I were American I would still be voting for Obama because he is the lesser of two evils, and that’s really what any political showdown is all about. Not that I question his integrity, but do you really think much change will come about on his watch? Perhaps I’m too weary of having my heart broken, because I truly want to believe that the US can turn itself around before it’s too late.
