First, the beginning of your post sounds like the opening line to Jimmy Buffett’s “The Devil I Know”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9WBXNW8Kj4
Second, my favorite experience with the B-1 was at the Edwards AFB air show. They were at max power, full afterburner, but near stall - the nose was pointed way up and they were just crawling across the sky. The ground shook; the cars were parked on the flightline (pre-9/11), and every car alarm went off at the same time. It was awesome.
If you are eligible to vote, and don’t, that is the same as a vote for the winner - whoever that is.