District Six Bitchfight

I suppose I'd better start following the issues involved in the upcoming elections. I live in San Francisco's District 6, which is currently represented by Chris Daly.

Daly is a notoriously hotheaded little bitch, who swears at other government officials, threatens the police with "I'll have your job!"-type comments, and generally makes an ass out of himself like two-year-old child in a temper tantrum. On the other hand, he wields considerable power over real estate developers, bleeding them for millions of dollars in community and low-income projects in exchange for his approval. Many of his other causes I think are a bit too progressive, but this is San Francisco and that's what you get. I think that in general he could do a good job in politics if he would grow the fuck up and stop embarrassing himself. The mayor, the police, and a whole lot of other people hate his guts, and you really can't blame them.

Then there is his opponent, Rob Black. I don't know too much about him other than what's on the smear campaign postcards I've been getting stuck in my mailbox. Not surprisingly, they all mention Daly's childish antics. But at the same time, he also looks and sounds like a rotten little bitch. My guess is that his poses in pictures (they're always the same) are supposed to reflect hardworking, take-no-prisoners strong politician. But instead they look like someone who's going to open his mouth and start whining and complaining and you just want him to shut up already, before he's ever even said anything. The pose matches the tone of his nasty campaign mail. He doesn't appear to be pro-anything, just anti-Daly.

Low and behold, my vote must decide between the lesser of two evils. I really hate politics, and most of the people in it.