Barack Obama receives the coveted Bastardson Bump

I am officially endorsing Barack Obama for President.

Because I am a frikkin’ idiot, I am a registered independent in a state where independents can’t vote in the primaries so I can’t vote for the Senator from Illinois next week. EEEDIOT!!

But if you can, you should. Nothing will drive Republicans to the polls in November to vote the party ticket – even if they hate their own candidate, for instance, John McCain – more than the prospect of seeing the Clintons in the White House again.

Moreover, if Hillary is indeed ready to hit the ground running on day one as she claims, so is the Anti-Clinton Republican hate machine of the ’90s. Obama would have to be allotted at least a brief, perfunctory honeymoon period, if only so all the xenophobes and racists of the GOP don’t come off like, you know, xenophobes and racists.

And just to be bipartisan, if I had to pick a Republican currently running to be president, it would definitely be John McCain. His slogan should be “Wrong on all the issues for all the right reasons.” After 8 years of W, having any thoughtful, decent person in the oval office would be a win for America. Romney or Giuliani – fucking catastrophes, for different reasons. These guys are cocksuckers of the first order, and must be kept away from the reigns of power at all costs.

But Obama clearly has the best chance to set this country on the markedly different course we so desperately need, domestically as well internationally. He not only looks like America, he looks like the rest of the world, too.

For those about to vote, I salute you. Rock Obama!