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APOSTROPHE 08!This is my second post today about the upcoming 2008 presidential election. (The first one was here. It was a long one.) As if that alone didn’t prove my claim to be “the go-to guy for 2008 blogging,” I’ve also made this patriotic “APOSTROPHE 08″ theme graphic, which will adorn all of my posts about the ‘08 election, for the next four years or so. Or until I make a different one.

My goal, as I’ve said, is to help the American electorate make an informed decision. I have time to take a few questions at this point.

BUT SEAN, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOUR GOAL WAS, QUOTE, “TO BE INVITED TO ONE OF THE 2008 CONVENTIONS, AS ONE OF THOSE CELEBRITY BLOGGERS,” UNQUOTE. SO WHICH IS IT?

I’ve had one consistent position on this issue. It’s nuanced. Next question.

IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN HELP?

Yes. We can help each other. I’ll keep blogging about the 2008 elections, and you link to me. I’ve created a special “2008″ category, which will contain all my “APOSTROPHE 08!” posts. You can link to that category, like so: “Sean Gleeson is the go-to guy for 2008 blogging.”

Or you could link to the individual posts themselves. Thusly: “Sean Gleeson, the go-to guy for 2008 blogging, wrote this here post.” Do that, and you get yourself a trackback! Manus manum lavat, eh what?

BUT SEAN, WHAT IF I THINK YOU’RE A TOTAL IDIOT?

No problem. In that case, just link to me in this manner: “This total idiot has appointed himself the go-to-guy for 2008 blogging. He even wrote this idiotic post about it. What an idiot, let us jape at him, etc.” Yes, it’s that easy, and you get a trackback, too.

WHEN I LINK TO YOU, MAY I USE YOUR PATRIOTIC “APOSTROPHE 08!” THEME GRAPHIC? RIGHT OFF YOUR SERVER, WITHOUT COPYING IT TO MINE?

Sure, go ahead.

 

APOSTROPHE 08!It’s time to start talking about the 2008 election. “But Sean,” you’re moaning, “isn’t it a bit early for that? Why talk about 2008 now?” Glad you asked. There are two reasons:

  1. Because politics is more interesting than governing, much as baseball is more interesting than lawn maintenance.
  2. Because I want to be invited to one of the 2008 conventions, as one of those celebrity bloggers. If I become known now as the go-to guy for 2008 blogging, I figure I’m a shoo-in.

The 2008 campaign so far is a bit inchoate, in that we don’t even know who will be running. So to help make order out of chaos, I’ll begin with the first logical step: endorsing the Republican.


No, wait, I skipped a step. First, I’ll make some lists of folks who ought to have a shot at the nomination. Ah, wait. Even before that, I’ll first make a list of folks who could definitely have a shot, but are disallowed because of one or another Constitutional provision.

THE DISQUALIFIED
These guys can’t run, because the Constitution says so.

REPUBLICANS
George W. Bush
Arnold Schwarzenegger
     DEMOCRATS
Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein

So, cross those names out.
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