I don’t want to watch any more political debates. I don’t want to hear any more political ads. No more news anchors talking 24/7 about the what-ifs of this race. I want to skip it all and just come back to reality after a Republican and a Democrat candidate are chosen. When there’s something serious to consider. When I know who to focus on.
But for now I don’t want to hear any more of Trump’s bombastic attacks.
No more trickery from Cruz.
No more rote speeches from Rubio
No more confusion from Carson.
No more Mr. Nice Guy from Kasich.
No more awkwardly pained grins from Bush.
No more defensive push back from Clinton.
No more pie in the sky from Sanders.
No more.
But I know the reality is we have months of this, in one form or another. So I think I’ll go for a walk, keep the TV off, not check the news, hibernate a bit.
Let me know when it’s safe to surface.
February 15, 2016 at 11:10 am
I don’t follow any of that crap, besides random things I see posted by friends on facebook, and life is good.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:43 am
I am married to a CNN junkie. It’s on TV a lot.
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February 15, 2016 at 11:13 am
I have successfully avoided every debate, but have read some of the summaries afterwards. I seem to manage to block most of what is highlighted on the news, but I hear enough to have a concern about the election. I’m not sure there will be a candidate I feel comfortable voting for. Is there no happy medium?
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February 17, 2016 at 8:43 am
This is one that political science graduate students will be studying forever long after I’m dead.
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February 17, 2016 at 9:28 am
I’m having trouble dealing with the non-choices we’re being offered.
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February 15, 2016 at 11:37 am
I do follow the debates in order to be an informed voter, however I totally agree with you that it’s all getting to be a bit much.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:44 am
I think it’s way too early to be this crazy.
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February 17, 2016 at 11:46 am
Totally agree. I’m working the polls this year, so I hope the crazy doesn’t carry over into that.
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February 15, 2016 at 11:46 am
So….fast forward to “reality”. Your choice is either Sanders or Trump. I believe that’s where we’re headed. Communist or Capitalist. 🙂
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February 17, 2016 at 8:44 am
That’s going to be interesting.
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February 15, 2016 at 12:47 pm
It is hard, but sometimes the answer is to turn off the TV, you do have the power to make them stop talking, you had that power all along.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:44 am
I agree.
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February 15, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Yea, I cant watch any of that crap either. Its just to up setting. Life it to short. I be glad when its done.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:45 am
It won’t be done for way too long. Maybe never really with the way things are in DC.
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February 15, 2016 at 2:47 pm
this is why I only turn on the tv for the weather and the rest of time just watch a documentary on Netflix 🙂
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February 17, 2016 at 8:45 am
Good plan. Though I like to watch HGTV too.
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February 15, 2016 at 3:09 pm
You and me, too, Dawn. My nerves rankle when I hear everybody yelling at each other, when I know nobody has the perfect solution…and regardless who’s chosen, they’ll have to work together to accomplish anything. You know, Westminster (http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/) is taking place right now — who wouldn’t rather watch doggies??
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February 17, 2016 at 8:46 am
I can’t STAND when people are yelling or talking over each other. Just hate political shows where that’s a staple. Now almost every interview is like that on the news networks.
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February 15, 2016 at 3:29 pm
I’m sick of it too and I live in Canada! Can’t imagine the awful intensity of it in the States.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:46 am
It’s already pretty awful, and we have months and months and months to go.
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February 16, 2016 at 8:35 am
I understand your frustration – and I don’t even live in the States. And it’s still a long way to election. Take courage, my friend.
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February 17, 2016 at 8:47 am
I need to just walk away from the TV more. My husband is a political junkie, so we hear a lot here in this house.
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February 16, 2016 at 11:50 am
We all feel this way. And now the radio “news” hashes and rehashes, over and over, possible consequences of the empty seat on the Supreme Court. And it’s not as if anyone is going to make either one of us, you or me, the “decider” on any of this. So yes, taking walks in the snow, with a dog — great escape!
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February 17, 2016 at 8:50 am
Justice Scalia was no friend of mine…I disagreed with most of what he said. But he was still a Supreme Court justice and deserves the respect of his position. I think we should at least wait until after his funeral to argue about how to fill the vacancy. And the President definitely has the right and the responsibility to nominate someone. The Senate should at least vote.
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