With 6 days to go before Elections in the US on November 4th http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7693987.stm, the candidates are kicking up the amount of political radio on TV commercials into hyper-drive. I am so sick of the political adds, which are really nothing more than expensive name-calling contests that are not a whole lot better than the average Kindergarten spat between schoolkids. Both sides have spent MILLIONS of dollars on these evil-spirited assaults on our senses. Given the fragile state of the US economy, the numbers spent on radio and TV political adds is nothing short of obscene. Even my very conservative, politically-oriented wife is sick of them-and this is a woman who thrives on talk radio the way a fish craves water.
I will be so happy when we get back to “normal” commercials for douches, erectile dysfunction and herpes treatments. (Although the “Viva Viagra” add campaign has forever ruined the Elvis Presley classic “Viva Las Vegas” for me)
Whoever wins this election is going to have to somehow unify Americans and make a team out of one seriously pissed off electorate in the US and try to let the healing begin. The brief period of American unity, brotherhood and cohesion after 9/11 is but a distant memory in this country.
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