i spent the entire morning, afternoon, evening glued to my chair and eyes on the radiating morning writing what i thought was a stroke of genius. i believed this little humble mind of mine and plethora of ancient news articles figured why between 1985 and 1995 ontario politics were schizo as they were.

i had right logic.

referenced the right thinkers whose grandiose ideas matched my little thoughts.

dismissed silly pundits who thought they knew what they were talking about when really they did not. i didn't care if they were liberal or conservative. they didn't have the vantage of looking at the 80s and 90s issues from the year of 2006.

then i read a peers' paper and began to re-evaluate why i am in school to begin with. look out for another academic hack carrying a bachelor's degree in the next 10 months and possible grad school ambitions.

however, but the point of my once-assumed brilliant paper was to look at political spin of an issue as its shaped through the media and different political actors.

this meant reading old hashed up articles from political observers between the years of '85 and '95 who tried to make sense of why ontarians voters just didn't know what they were doing with each ballot cast. one government today, another one tomorrow. one day you've got socialists, the next day radical neo conservatives run wild with whopping majorities.

and not surprisingly, in retrospect, all were wrong and maybe even added to the mess. and by wrong, i mean, predicting bob rae's going to be re-elected in 1995. when in fact, he suffered a whopping defeat and potentially killing off the idea of ontario, or canada for that matter, ever having another socially democratic government. and certainly no one ever expected mike harris would be elected and alter the nature of ontario's politics.

f'ing pundits. good as weather people.

with this year's election preparing to make its last dash, political observers are going to go into overdrive to make sense of whats at stake and to woo critical votes. and judging by the latest polls showing strong conservative gains, liberal supporters such as my beloved toronto star, are going gearing up for mad spinning. bold article titles, stiff tones and reviving the shadowy dimension of stephen harper.

and so, if you're one of those who reads a bunch of political columns on the morning of the election, there's a good chance will be doing the exact dance next year.

granted, i read them too. nothing like the wacky minds over at toronto sun writing for the everyday torontian. and when i get tired of their rubbish, i have the priviledge of looking at semi nude teen girls they decide to put pictures of in their esteemed paper.

don't listen to pundits about this month's election because in 2220 their articles are going to going ring on the loonie side of things. a columnist make may a "good point" today but they're all card carring members of party x, y or z propagandizing self fulfilling prophecies.

they're the pajama media on a payroll.