Today is the primary election in Indiana. I got up early today to make sure I stopped to vote on my way to work. For me (yes, I am old and traditional) it is an honor and a privilege to have the right to let my voice be heard in elections. I am grateful to live in the United States and to enjoy the freedoms for which many people have made sacrifices. I am grateful for all members of the military, past and present, who left their families and homes and fought in places not of their choosing to help support our freedom.
That said, this election cycle has been the most distasteful and divisive I can remember. Maybe part of the problem is that unlike in the past, Indiana's primary results will play a major role in the final decision for each party's candidate. We have been inundated with political television ads, negative candidate ads, extremely negative PAC (Political Action Committees) ads, piles of mailings and phone calls. To be honest I am already tired of all of it.
So I was telling Pack Rat and my friends I will be very glad when this circus folds up its tents and moves on after the polls close for the Indiana primary today. They can take this show on the road and move onto the next stop, wherever it happens to be.
Unfortunately I do not see this campaign getting any more civil as we move to the general election. The only redeeming virtue is that we will probably get a little reprieve before things heat up again closer to November.
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