Dear Politicians

[Daisy and Delilah]

Wow. Karen, that pretty much beats all I've ever heard. Can these people get any lower??

[lizbud]

Karen, they don't call Paladino "Crazy Carl" for nothing.


http://www.indystar.com/article/2010...imits-of-anger

[cassiesmom]

Dear Politicians,

Instead of using the ads you're purchasing to tell me why I should not vote for your opponent, could you please use them to tell me why I should vote for you?

Thank you,
Elyse


Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Since I live close to the KS/MO border, we get the ads for the Mo people more than the KS ones. I went and voted early today. I was really surprised to see some I didn't know were even running were.

There were quite a few people out and voting which surprised me since I went early in the morning. Seems we are voting in KS. Well, my little corner of it anyway.

[lizbud]

Oh, this thread reminds me, I forgot to put out my yard sign.

[Marigold2]

I promise not to switch it with your neighbors....

Oh, this thread reminds me, I forgot to put out my yard sign.

[cassiesmom]

Well... Rick Fox just got eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars" (which I wasn't expecting because his partner Cheryl Burke is a previous winner) and the election results aren't looking the way I was hoping they might. ... sigh

[cassiesmom]

I heard on the news today that early voting in Cook County is up almost 3 times from where it was at the 2006 mid-term election. Voting by mail is also popular. I can do banking, buy groceries and pay bills via the Internet; I wish I could also vote on line. That would be a huge time saver.

[Karen]

I heard on the news today that early voting in Cook County is up almost 3 times from where it was at the 2006 mid-term election. Voting by mail is also popular. I can do banking, buy groceries and pay bills via the Internet; I wish I could also vote on line. That would be a huge time saver.

But can you imagine the potential for hacking and fraud? What could be more exciting for a bored 11-year-old than influencing a US election?

The candidates are still calling my house - robocalling anyway, several times a day. I'm thinking I could just keep a tally, and vote for whichever candidate calls me the least!

[Freedom]

I am SOOOOoooo tired of it.

Now we get ads for Barney Frank AND Sean Bielat, and two of the Mass. Referendum votes in Mass.

The RI elections are crazy.

Saw on the news this election year will set a new record for the total spent nation wide on campaigning. Sigh.

[Karen]

Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

There's a good description and history of it here:

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/595.html

[Marigold2]

Oh my God yes. I am so incredibly tired of this BS I want to scream. No one tells us what they stand for or their vision just what an SOB the other person is. Those adds that come in the mail telling me how to vote, right in the trash can they go. I don't even bother to look at them.
I get my facts elsewhere as do most of us.
But you know friends that as soon as the election is over we will be bombarded with
CHRISTMAS COMMERICALS!!!!!!!!!!
It just seems like there is no end in sight to the consent stream of brainwashing we put up with through TV, print, phone adds.
Buy this, buy that, you kid needs this toy for Christmas, this new gadjet is a must have.
It is like we are mindless robots buying what is put in front of us the most.
I plan on buying lots of books for Christmas presents and things people need not the new fad.
Ah well here I am talking and what do I want for Christmas but a Coach purse, kettle black folks. LOL

Dear Politicians,

Instead of using the ads you're purchasing to tell me why I should not vote for your opponent, could you please use them to tell me why I should vote for you?

Thank you,
Elyse


Dear readers of this thread, my town has a "Home Rule?" referendum on the Nov. 2 ballot. What is home rule, and is it good?

[Bonny]

There are those phone calls too. You run your butt off to get to the phone & then there are the politicans & their buddies talking up a recorded storm. I even got included in another town meeting. It is the same old same old. Make promises & don't keep them. Raise the taxes too why don't they & Give themselves a raise to boot.

[Marigold2]

I got rid of my land line when Bush called.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

It is the same old same old. Make promises & don't keep them. Raise the taxes too why don't they & Give themselves a raise to boot.

Don't fret; they will do all the above and more. They are just waiting until after the election hoping we won't notice!