But I never learned nothing from playing it safe; I say fate should not tempt me.

Alex Balk is not as pessimistic as I am. A snipppet:

What’s been astounding about the Republicans during this whole campaign is the ludicrous sense of entitlement they have toward the office of the presidency. It’s like they were born on third base and forgot that the Supreme Court waved them home. And I’m not just talking about the low and ugly tactics they brought to this race. I’m leaving out the astonishing nerviness it took for them to try and make a major issue of a few meaningless bogus registration forms while attempting to systematically purge the voter rolls of anyone who might vote for the other party. (I’m leaving it out, but think about it again: They’ve been bitching and moaning about Mickey Mouse, who I’m fairly sure will not actually show up, while deliberately attempting to prevent American citizens from exercising their Constitutional privilege to elect their representatives.) I’m not going to mention the disgusting attempts to preemptively delegitimize the next president (Barack Obama). No, what’s most offensive about the whole thing is the insistence that they deserve a third term. Look at the absolute disaster the last eight years of Republican rule—six of which, do not forget, have come with that party in control of all three branches of government; the next time I
hear some Republican talking head warn against the “lack of checks and balances” if the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency, I swear I’m going to throw my shoe at the screen. Are these people willfully stupid or deliberately duplicitous?—has been for this country. The fact that any Republican anywhere can show up with a straight face and argue for another four years at the helm is a tribute to the forgiving nature of our nation; they should all be walking around with paper bags on their heads, shoulders slumped in shame, carrying placards that read “Sorry for repeatedly raping you in the ass since 2000, America. This time we promise to use lube.” The Republican party’s only hope in the last three months has been that American voters might prove more racist than they are greedy. Thankfully, they will not.

Go read his cock's take (I forget why, but "Balk's Cock" occasionally posted on Gawker when Alex was a Gawker writer) on Obama from this dialog between man and member in July 2007:

BALK BTW: Hmmmm... I don't know, politics? Who do you like for president.

COCK BTW: Oh, I'm Obama all the way.

BALK BTW: Really? You don't worry about his lack of experience?

COCK BTW: He has as much experience as the current guy.

BALK BTW: Um, that's a terrible example. Also, Bush was governor of Texas for five years.

COCK BTW: GOVERNOR OF TEXAS? BFD. The job was DESIGNED so that an idiot could do it. All the power resides with the lieutenant governor. The governor is basically the schmuck in the hat who shows up to cut the ribbon at a hospital opening in Amarillo. My Taint could be governor of Texas.

BALK BTW: How do you know about Texas politics?

COCK BTW: Most of the southern states have weak governor systems. It's a legacy of reconstruction. Don't you fucking read?

BALK BTW: Mainly "Vanity Fair."

COCK BTW: Well, sometimes that's important. The Hollywood issue in particular. Good bonding time for us.

BALK BTW: Uh... yeah. Anyway, Obama. You really don't worry about how little executive experience he's had?

COCK BTW: No. Look, my feeling is that anyone's gonna be better than the dude we've got now. Plus, Obama is a transformative politician. I have never, in our lifetimes, seen someone who inspires so many different people from such a broad spectrum of the electorate. And beyond that: What's it going to say to the rest of the world when we're willing to elect a guy named Barack Obama who's half black, is familiar with both the Christian and Muslim faiths, and has the hottest First Lady since Rosalynn Carter?

BALK BTW: Again with Rosalynn Carter.

COCK BTW: Oh, please, like you haven't stroked me to a little "Rosalynn in tight sweater" fantasy.

BALK BTW: MOVING ON. What about Hillary? Are you unwilling to vote for Hillary because she's a woman? And you're a cock?

COCK BTW: Nah, it's got nothing to do with that. Any other year, sure. I mean, she's a tough, controlling bitch who's unable to admit any mistakes she's made and she's got a penchant for secrecy and paranoia that makes Nixon look stable, but whatever. There are plenty of women I'd vote for: Kathleen Sebelius, Napolitano,
heck, even Jodi Rell if I had to vote Republican. Also, that hottie from Michigan.

BALK BTW: Granholm.

COCK BTW: Yeah. Too bad she was born in Canada, I'd pull the lever for her in a second. You know, like YOU HAVE.

BALK BTW: I, uh, think we're done here.

COCK BTW: Good. Meet me in the bathroom in five. And bring the new Maxim that just came into the office.