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Forgive me for being pessimistic about the election, but here's the way that I see it:

• If I vote for Barak Obama, I'm making a terrible choice.
• If I vote for John McCain, I'm making a terrible choice.
• If I vote for a third-party candidate and virtually throw away my vote, I'm making a terrible choice.
• If I don't vote at all, I'm making a terrible choice.¹

So, essentially, I have to make whatever terrible choice that I can live with or the terrible choice that's the least painful. I still haven't registered to vote, and I still have an hour left to register.

I've made my terrible choice. I'm going to bed.

1. Of course, in the minds of some people, if I don't vote, I give up my right to complain. Then again, if I vote simply so that I can complain, that would be dumb.