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[Gopher]

The positions, the debates, the ads, the attacks, the threads that all treat the same topic...

Are we bloody there yet?

[Jandar]

The fat lady may be singing, but I don't think Red has lit his cigar.

[bangbayed]

I vote:

"No, but it looks like Gopher is".

[Gopher]

Very astute observation, Bangbayed.

I wonder if, given today's technology, we truly need so much time, an entire "election year," to decide. Candidates do not need to travel the country by train, the internet and sites such as Youtube.com outpace not only newspapers but also cable television -- not to mention the candidates' webpages themselves.

Do we truly need this many months, where we spend this much sustained energy and money on campaigns and airtime, to decide these days? Do we not have better things to do with this time, energy, and money?

[Big_Bird]

I was sick of it months ago!

[aka Dave]

I'm sick of hearing about that dang Candian election. I mean, nothing but talk aboot maple syrup, back bacon, and Celine Dion.

So glad it's over.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I got sick of it in the middle and it definitely needs to be shortened by about 2/3's. However, it is the civic religion and I love the rituals, the color and the pizazz of it all. It's by far the best show in town. But please, let's have the Reader's Digest condensed version.

[Milwaukiedave]

Alright, who was the other hooligan that voted for bring it on? Whomever you are, I want to buy you a beer!

[bacasper]

[Kuros]

The General Election is tedious. There are few mileposts outside of the debates and the conventions. Roughly half the country is going to vote one way decidedly no matter what happens.

Primaries are more exciting! There are yardposts, states, CONQUESTS, a moving campaign crossing through the country and waging battles, some pitched and some even, in landmarks across this great nation. And there's no Red states or Blue states, the whole country is in play.

And this General Election has been fairly boring since September. We know who will win. Its just necessary to go vote and make it happen.

[mithridates]

[RJjr]

The thing I'm sick of is Republicans and Democrats arguing back and forth when those two parties are so similar and both of those two parties are ruining America.

One thing I have noticed is that presidential candidate bumper stickers and yard signs are extremely rare this time. Maybe Republicans and Democrats are finally ashamed of themselves, and they should be!

[mises]

[cangel]

This is a ridiculous post. If you aren't interested in election coverage, don't view it. Pretty simple.

[Poemer]

The problem may, or may not, be that the election media cycle is too long, but the bigger problem for me is the total lack of substantive journalism. Can the actual exploration of complex issues please get some air time instead of intellectually dishonest, partisan rah-rah-horse-race-bullshit?