Is anyone already bored to tears with the election coverage this year? I'm usually interested in the inner workings of campaigns. But this year I just can't get there. What's unfortunate is that it's only August and we have a little less than 3 months more of this craziness. I think the most annoying part is that it's already getting ugly. Both sides have attack ads targeting the others side's worst quality, which is really nothing new but I guess I was hopeful for a little more civility in these increasingly scary times.
Added to the already crowded election coverage, there's all the convention chaos. Between certain pundits claiming the recent hurricane was a "conspiracy to delay the RNC", and candidates debating the facets of "legitimate rape", I can barely stand to watch the news, let alone make any conscious candidate decision. Whether you're Republican or Democrat, you have to admit that the whole electoral process has turned into one giant circus.
I doubt our founding fathers who mapped the electoral system out so carefully, wanted the most powerful man/woman in the world to be chosen by a game of "who has the best sound bite?" That being said, those sound bites make fantastic fodder for the late night hosts. At least someone's benefiting...
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