Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Am I the only one in this whole country who is sick to death of the upcoming presidential election? The ads are irritating enough by themselves. But when the local channels interrupt programs that I watch on a regular basis to run 2 or 3 ads for each party back to back, I get really aggravated! Then there are the debates. Not only to they interrupt programming, we have to hear every talking head run off at the mouth about how their personal favorite won or lost and how to improve on the next one. If the American folks have not already decided who they are voting for, folks like Sean Hannity and Chris Matthews should not be allowed to preach to them. If I had to have the likes of Greg Gutfeld's "opinion" to make up my mind, they should revoke my voter's card. Greg Gutfeld?!?!? What is Fox News thinking? Comedians, including Bill Maher, have no place commenting on affairs of state. This country, for the most part, doesn't make much effort to inform themselves about anything. They nod their heads like little bobble heads to the mutterings of Hannity and Matthews and then blindly check the little box for the choice of MSNBC for FoxNews. I personally think all pundits should be silenced from Oct.1 til election day. Make the lazy voters wake up and READ the issues, listen to the debates before they vote. Think of aptitude tests. You KNEW they were coming and, in some cases, it was a 2 or 3 day event. When we were kids we didn't care what box we carefully filled in with that sharp No.2 pencil. All that test meant to us was free time. We didn't have to listen, like Charlie Brown, to the WAH, WAH, WAH of the teacher. We didn't realize that the test results meant more/less money for our districts. That's how some people vote. Hannity hates Obama and loves Romney, so, as a Hannity viewer, they'll check that box for Romney. Same for the MSNBC viewers when it comes to Obama. We're in far too perilous a position to go with the flow. I don't care who you vote for. I just want you to be EDUCATED before you check that box. Hannity and Matthews are wealthy men. They don't worry about having the money to fill their gas tanks or deciding whether to buy processed mac and cheese or an occasional steak because you never get to go out anymore. Vote for what YOU believe, because YOU have to live with it.
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