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Thread: I'm so sick of political ads!!!!!

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    I'm so sick of political ads!!!!!

    They're constant, one right after the other. "You're a liar"......."No, you're the liar".........".you're too far right" ........."No, you're too far left"......
    Dang, I'll be glad when it's over. I think they're all having the opposite effect that these people are trying to have.

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    Thanks for reminding me of another advantage to being in VT. Since Bernie is a shoe-in, there are no political ads on tv up here, except for a couple here and there for local legislators. If I were in NJ, I'd be getting a barrage of them. I certainly don't miss them.
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    On the morning news show, the ads run back-to-back-to-back.

    I'd mind these ads much less if they spent their time saying what their candidate wants to do instead of downtalking the other candidate(s) with out-of-context quotes and misleading statistics.
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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    Also sick of the phone calls. We don’t answer the phone at all. Can’t wait for this to be over.

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    And I get lots of texts ... yet another venue to irritate me.

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    Both parties are tied at the hip. It’s either an “elekey” or a “donphant”. A vote for either is a vote for the same. A vote for either is legitimizing a corrupt system. While everyone is busy choosing sides, they are busy planning how they are going to spend their money. When I see a politician leave office poorer than when he/she arrived.....then I will have found an honest politician. My US Congressman is a used car salesman with a net worth of 17 million dollars. His net worth when he entered office was around $400,000. He sold a lot of cars from his DC office I guess.

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    Citizens United. Just sayin'...
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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    We have continued to watch BBC America to get a more balanced view. We also either time shift and delete the commercials or mute them. I have stopped watching almost all American TV. Dont answer phone due to robo calls so I dont have to listen to political ones either. Mail is immediately tossed. We put our "already voted" sticker on our door and if anyone dares to ring the bell, I will ask if they can read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveinMN View Post
    Citizens United. Just sayin'...
    SteveinMN, I read your posts because they are thoughtful, concise, open-minded, considerate of others views and usually right. I’ll second that ^

    I am probably not going to vote on Tuesday. Is it the beginning of an opt out policy for me? Not sure. But Tuesday, I will protest. A great philosopher, intellect and a little bit of a musician is quoted,

    “Government is the entertainment division of the military- industrial complex.” Frank Zappa

    Can’t understand why no one ever took him seriously. Haha.

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    Thank you, Williamsmith! I have my moments.

    Frank was well ahead of his time. And I can only imagine how he would address the current political state. At least there would be some humor about it.

    I didn't get to early voting today but will tomorrow. I wish I felt I could opt out of the process entirely, but I can't. I certainly can understand the feeling, though.
    Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington

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