The agony will be over soon, sort of

Nov 02, 2012 13:45

Thank God I don't watch TV and I live in California, where the Republicans apparently aren't throwing away their money on robocalls, or maybe I'm just not on the right list.  I don't know how people are keeping any shreds of sanity during these last days before this horrendous, hateful election.  How many hundreds of millions of dollars are the ( Read more... )

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drakeducaine November 4 2012, 14:17:42 UTC
That ad spending is into a billion on each side, from what I've heard. I'm in Maryland now and it's pretty damn crazy. In my area there aren't too many people putting signs out on their lawns or plastering their cars with bumper stickers, but from the barrage of ads EVERYWHERE you'd think people practically lived and breathed politics. I think public broadcasting has been the only safehaven where mudslinging is neatly exchanged for sane discussion.

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sfwriter November 5 2012, 13:35:41 UTC
I don't even care that much for public broadcasting, to be honest - from the little I hear, there is still too much acceptance of talking points and not enough refutation of lies. Hopefully the shows you are watching/listening to are better ( ... )

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