Cure for this fever?

All this Obama talk is driving me crazy. All this McCain talk is driving me crazy. Political science is my minor and I'm sick of it. Politics used to excite me, but not too much anymore. Its all tainted and just a game. I consider myself an idealist and when I'm let down (which is often for an idealist), I can become very cynical. The only politician I ever gave a shit about was Bobby Kennedy. Even though he was assassinated 18 years before I entered the world, his life matched what he wished for the world. Born into "America's royal family," he was handed things from the beginning. He didn't start from the bottom. He didn't truly know what it was like to slave away all day in the Mississippi Delta just to go home with a buck and five bellies to fill. BUT he wanted to. He really, really wanted to. When he first started out, he was considered ruthless. He crusaded against the mob and Jimmy Hoffa. He was slow to understand the humiliations of those of color and the hopelessness of those in Appalachia. But when his brother, who provided his life a purpose, was shot, the proverbial rug was pulled out from under him. Nothing changes a person quite like having to find themselves. He felt pain immensely and that allowed him to understand what it was like for the suffering in America. He wrote personal notes to everyone. He hugged children and dogs. He could sit for hours looking out into the distance. Once he was a war hawk, supporting the Bay of Pigs and calling for the assassination of Fidel Castro, now he was a dove. A lover AND a fighter. And he continued on, even when he had to constantly look over his shoulder for the next gun and bullet with his name on it. I believe he was close to understanding what "it" is. I don't see Obama or McCain anywhere close. Maybe I've caught the Kennedy fever that runs rampant out here, but I don't know how much I care about politics anymore and I find that unfortunate. Way to be cynical.

I guess hindsight is always 20/20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG4vJxi9Kis&feature=related Take that you lousy politicians. In your dreams.

H.