We're electing Obama, not his family

[ruggerson]

Ok, I'm sure I'll be seen as Scrooge on this one, but I hate the Oprah-ization of our culture, especially as it relates to politician's families.

I didn't care about Tricia Nixon getting married, when I was a kid.

I didn't care that the Ford kids got a dog. (although I do remember one of them as being kinda hot - and he never got married, hmmmmm...)

The Carter kids were so uninteresting, I don't even remember them.

I could not have cared less about Chelsea Clinton when her dad was President.

I don't care about Laura Bush or either of her daughters.

And, honestly, I could give a rat's ass about Michelle Obama or the two kids.

I think it kind of demeans us when we demonize Republican families (as many of us have done for eight years with the Bushies) and then gush all over Democratic ones.

It makes us appear exactly like the Freepers.

Barack's daughters are cute American kids, as are the Bush daughters.

It should end there, but unfortunately, it doesn't.

I just want Barack Obama to be elected President. I'm voting for him, not his family.