阿姗 wrote:
今年忙，我又不关心政治了。我觉得 Obama 选不上。美国人象我这样不动脑子的人很多。我不是美国人，没发言权，但我在密西根住过四年，跟中西部中年中产阶级男的白人交往过，我知道美国选举是怎么回事了。八年前，我在报纸上看了 Bush 和 Gore 的照片，就知道 Gore 肯定选不上。还听说 Gore 就想做总统，我对他的印象就差了。后来 Gore 没赢，我还挺幸灾乐祸。这次也一样。我不看新闻，只看到几个候选人的照片。Obama 看起来是黑人，又年轻，年轻的黑人肯定选不上。Hillary 是女人，女人也选不上，何况他又是 Clinton 的太太，不喜欢 Clinton 的人更不会喜欢他太太。美国人看人只看表面，根本不会动脑筋听你说什么，听也听不懂，而且不喜欢认错。自从我读了 Micheal Moore 的 Stupid White Men 以后，我也基本同意他说的，民主党和共和党候选人都差不多，选出的总统换汤不换药。当然象 Bush 这样的汤还是太糟一些的。另外，前两年看小说 Middlesex，作者说美国人喜欢总统名字不超过两个音节的：
"Dukakis." A name with more than two vowels in it running for President! The last time that had happened was Eisenhower (who looked good on a tank). Generally speaking, Americans like their presidents to have no more than two vowels. Truman. Johnson. Nixon. Clinton. If they have more than two vowels (Reagan), they can have no more than two syllables. Even better is one syllable and one vowel: Bush. Had to do that twice. Why did Mario Cuomo decide against running for President? What conclusion did he come to as he withdrew to think the matter through? Unlike Michael Dukakis, who was from academic Massachusetts, Mario Cuomo was from New York and knew what was what. Cuomo knew he'd never win. Too liberal for the moment, certainly. But also: too many vowels.
八年前，我的爱人说 McCain 是好人，但他没过初选。听说这次他又出来选了，虽然年纪大一些，我还是希望他能胜出，因为我的爱人的年纪也很大了。
我胡说一气，但我相信美国很多选民也象我一样不懂乱来的。美国政选就是用来乱搞的。