America, Your Fate is in My Hands

[lizbud]

What is the political climate like in your state? Has there been any
state issues that have driven the current "feel" of the political climate?

[Karen]

All anyone talks about now is the Senate campaign. There's nothing really about anything else, despite having regular problems going on.

[Laura's Babies]

It's everywhere when it comes to elections, you are given choices between worse and worser... or the lesser of 2 evils.

[Lady's Human]

And no, Atty Gen Coakley and Sen. Brown, I'm not going to call my friends in Massachusetts and tell them who to vote for.............

But there is a third party candidate running.

[Freedom]

Here in RI, if you get your TV service through Verizon FIOS as I so, you get all the Coakley / Brown ads as well. AND they are on my RI radio station.

What a frenzy! Those 2 are going at it like crazy.

I understand it is an "off" election, not in November, and an important one. Need to get the word out for folks to VOTE! And voting IS important.

But my goodness, the tone of these ads!

[kuhio98]

Karen ~ I feel your pain. I'm getting to the point where no matter which party the incumbent belongs to, I'm tempted to vote them out!

[Karen]

But there is a third party candidate running.

But the third party candidate is not running very hard. We hear nothing from or about him, it seems like he thought "Gee, my last name is Kennedy, maybe that's all I need," and has done nothing else. No ads, debates, speeches, letters, or even a postcard ... little wonder he is polling lower than "undecided" at this point.

Today we have had just as many messages on the machine as yesterday, and it's gotten to the point where, when the phone rings, I don't even bother to turn and look. If it's a real human that I know, I can call them right back.

[lizbud]

But the third party candidate is not running very hard. We hear nothing from or about him, it seems like he thought "Gee, my last name is Kennedy, maybe that's all I need," and has done nothing else. No ads, debates, speeches, letters, or even a postcard ... little wonder he is polling lower than "undecided" at this point.

Today we have had just as many messages on the machine as yesterday, and it's gotten to the point where, when the phone rings, I don't even bother to turn and look. If it's a real human that I know, I can call them right back.

What do you know about the Independant candidate? Maybe he thinks
it's hopeless in the face of all that money driven race.

[Karen]

What do you know about the Independant candidate? Maybe he thinks
it's hopeless in the face of all that money driven race.

I know virtually nothing about him, and he's not even making an effort to reach me, whereas everyone else thinks I am a ripe target. I am registered as "unenrolled" - which means no party can lay claim to me. We used to say Independent, until that got turned into a party.