Here we are, it is about seven weeks until the November 8 election and it seems we have been blasted with political stuff for years. I am not promoting any candidate or political party. I also have voted every year since I was eligible to vote, so I am someone who participates in our civic responsibility to vote.
In Indiana we first had the innundation of ads for the presidential primary. There were still many candidates so all were advertising. It was after the Indiana primary that both party candidates became "presumptive" so later primaries were not as frantic. Now we are in the midst of the main cycle of advertisements.
Indiana is not really a target for the presidential candidates, it is presumed that Donald Trump will take our state easily. So they will focus their efforts elsewhere (whew!) For Indiana the battle is between the parties for the open Senate seat (which is believed to be a priority for both parties) as well as for the governor's office (remember our sitting governor, Mike Pence is on the Republican ticket for Vice President).
So for weeks we have been pummeled with ads for the senate and governor's race. They have been nasty, distasteful and just downright annoying. Hardly any of them focus on the issues but mostly on how the other person is: (pick one or all): A. dishonest, B. unqualified, C. not interested in the citizens of our state or D. other negative attributes.
I am over all of this. At some point I hope the candidates quit pointing fingers at each other and just focus on what we need as a state or country. I will just stay out of it until the election is over. Right now I am just grateful for the fact that I do not live close to Ohio or Illinois. It would be additional misery to get the Indiana ads in addition to either of those states. I am also grateful for our DVR so we can just skip through all those commercials when we are watching our recorded shows.
