Election Thoughts

 ~ I'm so happy that I don't have to hear another campaign ad for at least 2 years.  I'm not sure if I just noticed them more this year but they seemed out of control!

~Along the lines of the campaign ads, I'm so happy that Facebook will go back to random thoughts on weather rather than heated political debates.  Today was pretty brutal having to hear who was happy and who was beyond unhappy, but I'm thinking by next week, all of the politic-ing will be over at last!

~ I'm still fascinated by the ice map that was used on NBC last night to track returns.  While that had to be a pain in the neck to deal with, it was brilliant!

~ I'm so proud of my home state for passing the marriage equality act. Everyone deserves to get married regardless and I'm happy for my friends that can now legally marry whomever they love.

~Last but not least, I'm quite happy with the results of the election, but there's still a ton of work to be done.  I'm hopeful that the next 4 years will move the US in the right direction towards peace and progress.

Election Burnout

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...