Tuesday, November 06, 2012

The End of the World As We Know It


Yes, Dear Readers, it's been a long eighteen months or so of endless debates, mind-numbing statistics, distortions (and outright lies), quotes taken out of context, accusations of horrifying levels of voter fraud, vast amounts of money wasted on air time (most of it just hot air), leaflets, roadside signs, robo calls, and all the other physical and moral detritus of a political campaign.

Now it's up to us.

I'll be going to the polls on the way to work to vote in the most depressing and disheartening election since I cast my first vote for president in 1972 (I voted for Richard Nixon). The Republican Party has driven me away and the Democrats have nothing to offer. The election offers a stark choice between two fundamentally different views not only of the nation's problems, but of reality itself. Rabid partisans of both sides predict a horrifying apocalypse if the other guy is elected, which doesn't bode well for their ability to work together after the electoral dust settles ...

REM has the right idea ...



And President Franklin Roosevelt summed up the current campaign very well ... in 1936 ...



It's going to be tough to vote, but you've got to do it.

Good luck.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

3 comments:

eViL pOp TaRt said...

I agree -- it's a disheartening set of choices! Oh well, maybe in 2016 they will be better.

The Mistress of the Dark said...

I don't know that the Democratic party has nothing to offer. When you have 2 sides that are working against each other totally you can't get anything done.

I think we might be thinking differently about Obama if the midterm elections hadn't turned into a teaparty.

Mike said...

Vote with a clothes pin on your nose.