In case you haven't noticed, we are now into the extremely silly season of the political campaigns. Here in MN it seems to be especially virulent. not only are there the presidential ads, but we also have a very acrimonious Senate race between Norm Coleman, the incumbent (by the way has anyone noticed he talks just like Denzel Washington?) and Al "Mr Saturday Night Live" Franken. The third race is between two newbies vying for the vacant seat in the 6th district. All of these ads by both the candidates and their surrogates characterize the opponent as the devil complete with horns and pitchfork, while they themselves could not be more angelic. With one month to go, I am already beyond sick and tired of all of it. I can even predict the order of the ads on the local newscasts; attack ad #1,car ad #1, attack ad #2 (by the opposition), car ad #2 (different mfr.) attack ad #3(different race), furniture ad (no interest until 2025!), attack ad #4, car ad #3, attack ad #5 (3rd different race), furniture ad #2 (buy one piece get three pieces free!), Attack ad #6 (same as 2nd race), Car Ad #4, back to the weather. Enough already!
One last note: watched the vice-presidential debates last night. In my opinion, nobody won last night, including the voting public. There was so much obfuscation the answers looked like a scenic road through the mountains (you know curvy with no apparent direction to it). I was so disgusted I flipped it to the Cubs-Dodgers game after a half hour. Unfortunately there was no relief there either, with the Cubs losing 10-3.
2 comments:
Hey boB,
With no baseball or football on tonight to distract one from the debate, what are you going to do? As for me, I'm going to a church council meeting. I've got five churches, so there is lots of opportunity to dodge the political fray. Plus, the local TV here is out of South Dakota, so we see ads for people we can't vote for anyway, so we learn not to listen. Good luck with your TV viewing tonight! Don
I watched the first 15 minutes of the debate, and then got so disgusted with the obfuscation of the two candidates, I tuned into a rerun of NCIS. "Confirmania" is tonight, and then the baseball playoffs begin. Hallelujah!
boB
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