Appropriately enough, this “US Presidential Election\u00a0Eve” post follows my first\u00a0post on Halloween Eve.<\/p>\n
There are lots of similarities. Tales of horror and impending doom, threats of eternal damnation, ghosts, goblins, skeletons (in and out of closets), witches (a.k.a. feminist Harvard professors for some), things that go bump in the night, lots of tricks, and most importantly, very few treats.<\/p>\n
It is now time to get this election over with. Over with! Like many people I just stopped watching the campaign commercials. As I said to my wife, if a person from another planet came to the US and watched the campaign advertising, after a half-hour of viewing the mud-slinging the\u00a0extraterrestrial visitor wouldn’t be voting for either candidate. Or any candidate. Ever.<\/p>\n
That the campaign ads have no effect on me anymore might simply mean\u00a0that I am a “decided voter.” But my reaction, being fed up with the ads and ignoring them, does not seem to be uncommon with people from all over the political spectrum, at this point. And that raises the question of when do the ads become ineffective and just a colossal waste of money. I presume\u00a0the political consultant campaign industry would say they are fighting for the last undecided voters. Ok. The last undecided voter, watching TV, and waiting for the commercials to help him\/her decide?<\/em><\/p>\n Sounds like a horrible mythical beast, like a ghost or goblin, to me.<\/p>\n Copyright 2012 Magnus Incognito<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Appropriately enough, this “US Presidential Election\u00a0Eve” post follows my first\u00a0post on Halloween Eve. There are lots of similarities. Tales of horror and impending doom, threats of eternal damnation, ghosts, goblins, skeletons (in and out of closets), witches (a.k.a. feminist Harvard … Continue reading