Super and not-so-super Thoughts

For the first time in my voting life I was excited to go vote. My first voting experience was in '96 for Dole vs. Clinton. I don't remember too much about it besides I was able to vote. In 2000, deep down I wanted to vote for Gore but the popular current around me persuaded me otherwise. Back then I could be persuaded with questions like, "But who would you rather have a beer with?" In 2004...it was like the pick your poison scene out of "The Princess Bride" movie only not as funny. Yesterday, Super Tuesday, I was finally excited to vote. We arrived at the Tsaile/Wheatfields Chapter House at 6:15. We were the first voters there. The workers looked at us like we were nuts and told us the polls didn't open until seven. We respectfully told them that all polling stations were open at 6:00 am across Super Tuesday America. One worker gave us a look like she'd been caught then told us to hang on for a couple minutes. When they were finally ready, we threw them a curve that broke right off the table by telling them we would have to vote provisionally because we just registered with the Democrat Party last week. The workers scurried around for about 15 minutes figuring out how to figure it out. When we did receive the ballots, the only hard part was finding Barack Obama's name amidst about 30 other names, most of which I'd never heard of. We placed our marked ballots into the box, received a "I voted" sticker, and then Tracy said for everyone to hear, "It's times like these that I am proud to be an American." I rolled my eyes but pretty much felt the same way. That evening we did some great cross-country skiing under the stars after we found our man had struck first with a win in Georgia. We were all smiles. Life was good. Then we came in from the -3 degrees weather with sore muscles and whining dogs to more wins by Obama but more confusion for us. I stayed up trying to decipher the results, and I slowly but surely found out that the Democrat Party is just as big a crock as the Republican Party. I watched as Obama rolled up more states but Hillary rolled up more delegates. I watched as Obama trounced her in Alabama only to be rewarded the same number of delegates as her. My education is all through the internet since we do not have TV, so I googled "What the hell is a superdelegate?" and found thousands had asked that same question. I watched online video clips on Fox and CNN of "experts" describing the allocation of delegates as a "complex formula". I realized that the Democratic Party has already anointed Hillary and they will scheme or fix it anyway they can with "complex formulas" to make sure her path is paved to the nomination. I guess it's politics as usual. At the end of the day neither Republicans nor Democrats want to change but rather keep the same old shady Washington ties going whether it is with the Bush family or Clinton family. That is why Obama is so refreshing to me. He doesn't just put the VCR tape in and push play to answer questions. He provides thoughtful and provocative answers. Take a look at this link as proof.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/januaryweb-only/104-32.0.html

It is sad that the election process has come to this. It could be so simple and pure. Whoever gets the most votes wins. Our country's democratic process is a cold, hard shell of itself.
It's another good reminder that everybody and everything is going to let us down except the one who created us and sustains us through his grace. The politicians are gong to let you down, the system is going to fail, the country is going to destruct, friends will forsake you, family will let you down and break your heart, and you will betray yourself, but He remains faithful and true. Who can we trust but the King of Kings? No one. So instead of getting excited to vote, maybe I should focus on getting excited to continually worship HIM!