Election Day Is Finally Here!

The 2008 United States of America Presidential Election is finally coming to a conclusion and The Blot couldn’t be happier. This Presidential election season might have been the longest one in history, or at least it feels like it was. Considering the state of the world economy, I’m a bit saddened at the numbers being reported for campaign spending. There has to be a better way to use these millions and millions of advertising dollars, right? Regardless, if you’re a registered voter in the United States you owe it to yourself, your friends and your family to take advantage of your right to vote and head down to your local polling station today.


The Blot voted two weeks ago, so depending on how you look at it I am either lucky to avoid the hysterics or missing out on the excitement at the polls today, November 4th. Today is shaping up to be a historic day on a number of accounts; we could either be electing our first African-American President (Barack Obama) or electing the oldest President elected to a first term in office (John McCain) and the first woman elected Vice-President (Sarah Palin). Everyone is expecting record turnouts today, so make sure to go out early and vote no matter who you support!

If you’re interested in ordering the very cool Barack Obama VoteForChange.com - Working For Gas poster above by Tristan Eaton (they are $40 each and it’s an open edition) click here.

John Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy Perform At The 2008 Republican National Convention

The Blot, like many Americans across this great country, tuned into the 2008 Republican National Convention last night to see Alaska Governor Sarah Palin give her first big speech as the GOP’s Vice Presidential candidate. It was an excellent speech and a great introduction of Palin to the national political scene, but it was definitely not the highlight of the night. No, that award goes to John Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy’s performance of the Big & Rich song “Our America.”


Now anyone who knows The Blot knows I hate country music, but I do have a sweet spot in my heart for the MuzikMafia, an informal clique of American country music artists founded by Big & Rich which includes Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy. I justify it by saying Big & Rich’s style of country is as much rock as it is country, and the fact that two of their songs have been featured prominently on ESPN – “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” was the theme song to the network’s 2005 coverage of the World Series of Poker and “Comin’ To Your City” was used in 2007 as the theme song to College Game Day. And you don’t even want to get me started on Cowboy Troy’s unique brand of hick-hop music. I don’t care what anyone says, Cowboy Troy’s first album, Loco Motive, is a classic!

But I digress, performing the song “Our America” is perfect for any National political convention. If you’ve never heard “Our America” and like patriotic songs then I highly suggest you head to iTunes and download the track off of Big & Rich’s second album, Comin’ To Your City. It is just a mishmash of a number of different patriotic songs, which in theory shouldn’t work as one unified song but it really does. Rich, Wilson and Troy performed wonderfully last night in Minneapolis at the GOP convention, and I loved the way Cowboy Troy chimes in throughout the song performing lyrics from the Pledge of Allegiance. If you missed it last night, trust me, the song is even better live than it is on the album.