I take it back

Remember when I said how wonderful it was to be an Iowan this time of year, what with all the attention and media and the glamor that goes along with it? I change my mind. It's getting more and more unbearable as we inch closer to Thursday. Today I had to field maybe a half-dozen automated calls, as well as another Obama person knocking on my door. And while I didn't really mind all the attention that much from all the candidates, I'm becoming increasingly bothered by all the frankly not deserved Iowa love coming from the candidates. What's worse, of course, is that Iowa voters eat it up. They love this, being told that they are the most important voters in the country. Frankly, it verges on being completely undemocratic, the way these candidates play into the "Iowa voters are gods among men" line. It's like the candidates are disgruntled teachers at a parent-teacher conference, and Iowa is the annoying rich kid.

I got at least three admittedly impressive but still automated calls from Joe Biden today. I have had enough. Hillary has taken over television. I'm actually not seeing much in the way of republican publicity, but I guess I don't really run in those circles. What's funny is that all these automated calls always begin with something like, "I apologize for this automated call, as I'm sure you are sick of them at this point..." Yeah, as if that's a good way to get my vote, Biden.

On a slightly related note, I got an E-Mail from Cornell College today. Apparently they are reopening the dorms temporarily tomorrow so that non-Iowa citizens can come back to Iowa and vote in the caucus (again, severely undemocratic). Also, both Scarlett Johannson and free pizza are supposed to be in College Hall 118 tomorrow at 5:30 to campaign for Obama. At first I thought this was ridiculous, having Scarlett Johannson show up when very few students are going to be on campus, but then I realized that that is probably a good thing for Scarlett Johannson, having an absolute minimum of creepy Cornell kids around.