Left click on early '08 MBP not working

don't think you can imagine how frustrating this is until it happens to you.
basically, yesterday my left click stopped working. restart/shutdown/safe mode atleast ten times didn't help. my magic mouse and magic trackpad were paired and the left click on them didn't work either. about an hour and half later the problem randomly fixed itself and I was able to use the left click until today. today the same thing happened about three times (I currently can't left click). I was one click away from reinstalling Lion, but the problem was exactly that, I was one click away and couldnt get past a screen where I needed to left click. now, about 30 minutes ago I realized I have touchserver installed on my mbp and iphone. I was able to get it to launch through spotlight and what do you know, the left click works when using touchserver. since touchserver connects to my mbp through wifi, I believe the issue may have something to do with my paired magic mouse and trackpad (as of right now I unpaired them from the computer). I can probably reinstall Lion now that I have the left click working via touchserver, but am hoping someone has a simpler solution here. would really appreciate if someone can help me out here.
edit
just to clarify, all other functionality on trackpad, magic mouse, magic trackpad works (right click, scrolling, etc..)

This is totaly redicilous.  They have been having issues like this since 2010.  I have re-installed my OS at least 3 times since I bought this computer. 
I never thought I'd say this but I may be switching back to Windows.  I have 2012 Macbook Pro 2.7 16GB of memory and 500 GB ssd.  What a piece of junk this is.  I have been working of Macs since 2004, I am not new to them.  I am also a computer engineer, so I am getting tired of this.  Apple has all but abondoned everything except iOS.
Getting real tired of this.  Apple you better get it together.  For the money I spent on this one laptop I could have gotten A Windows Tablet and Laptop.  Possibly a phone too.  

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