Election fatigue.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm already sick of hearing about Hillary and Fred and Barack and Rudy and holy sweet Jesus, we haven't even had the New Hampshire primary yet. We've still got the better part of a YEAR for this onslaught to not only continue, but ESCALATE. The only election coverage I look forward to is The Daily Show's specials on the conventions.
Can't we just vote now and get this shit over with? I know, I know - none of the "candidates" have really said anything of substance yet and their so-called platforms aren't fully developed, but does anyone really think that either of those things really matter? Even in the deep throes of the party conventions, questions are sidestepped and candidates rarely commit to a stance on anything more pressing than PB&J vs. ham & cheese. Election platforms rarely survive intact after election day; and nobody even expects them to anymore. The only question is how much spin will be spun to make the fibs seem legit to the electorate who wasn't really paying attention anyway.
I'm tired of it. Can I just check out for the next 11 months? Wake me up on November 5, 2008.
Can't we just vote now and get this shit over with? I know, I know - none of the "candidates" have really said anything of substance yet and their so-called platforms aren't fully developed, but does anyone really think that either of those things really matter? Even in the deep throes of the party conventions, questions are sidestepped and candidates rarely commit to a stance on anything more pressing than PB&J vs. ham & cheese. Election platforms rarely survive intact after election day; and nobody even expects them to anymore. The only question is how much spin will be spun to make the fibs seem legit to the electorate who wasn't really paying attention anyway.
I'm tired of it. Can I just check out for the next 11 months? Wake me up on November 5, 2008.
posted by steve at 5:53 PM
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I'm sick of it too. 11 months is a long time, but on the bright side, we're over half way there! I believe a bunch of them started their BS a yearish ago.
Mighty long time for campaigns... they seem to keep getting longer & longer. Hopefully it won't devolve into continuous campaigns.
If I could change one thing with elections, it would be to move election day to Apr 16th, or move tax day to the first Wed in Nov.
Good point about switching dates. That would make sense.
Politics is theatre for ugly people, so they say! It's a big charade in the endeavor for attention. Blech.
I've only been listening to NPR in the car for about 2 weeks now and I am already switching over to music at the slightest hint of talk about the election.
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