Never in all my life. Our lives have been turned into one campaign

[Decruiter]

after the next.

When I saw Christmas before Halloween I should not be surprised now. I really believed after the 2006 election cycle we would have a brief reprieve. I was so wrong. I can not believe what I'm witnessing.

We are in "1984". They knew what they were writing about, we were being warned.

Why are we letting this happen to us?

Why are we deciding now in the beginning of 2007 are we being blinded by who is running for President when we have so many more important matters to be concerned with. I don't want to hear from a single Presidential candidate until the end of this year!

Until then I want the war to end and I want out soldiers home.

I want oversight and I want benefits and care for our veterans.

Peace

[marmar]

1. I couldn't agree with you more....

I turned on CSPAN this morning, and it's all campaign talk, all the time. What about the potential NUCLEAR WAR the Bush administration is threatening with Iran? You'd think that would merit some attention, right?

[badgerpup]

2. Hear hear!

:applause:
I'd like to see Congress and the Senate get the REAL work done and just quietly put the noble-sounding bills etc that they all tried to pass at once on their resumes. :eyes:

THEN, next year, when there have been noticeable improvements (and there damn well BETTER be!) regarding the troops coming home, care for those who need it, health care, election transparency, global warming...stuff that REALLY affects us at the end of the day- they can whip out their List of Achievements and go from there.
:argh::banghead:

[Decruiter]

3. My first year to vote was for Ford or Carter. I voted for Ford.

"He brought back honor and integrity to the WH, helped the nation to heal ..."

I bought into it all. Never voted again until Perot came around. I liked what he had to say about Nafta, "that giant sucking sound".

For over 40 years I've been hearing about health care and education.

End the military, industrial, congressional complex. If we don't end it now, in our lifetimes, our kids don't stand a chance of anything but wars and more wars.

[Armstead]

4. Tomorrow is a distraction from now

You make a good point.

I don;t know whether it's intentional or not (my trusting side says it's not) but campaigns are focused on "what can be if we win," while actual governance is about "what we are doing now."

When our focus is constantly being shifted to the "next" political event, it tends to overshadow the actual work of what is occurring now.

[malaise]

5. 100% correct

This is merely MSM's typical diversion. They will cover anything rather than expose all of Buscho's criminal activities and call for impeachment and a trip to the Hague.

It's ridiculous.

[mwb970]

6. I have mixed feelings about the excessive 2008 coverage.

First of all, it sure is better than wall-to-wall Anna Nicole Smith. Secondly, they talk mostly about (and to) Democratic candidates, which promotes "our side" and highlights the relative weakness of the current Republican candidates. (I mean, McCain, Giuliani, Romney? What a sad crew, and conservatives dislike all of them for various reasons.)

But you are of course correct that it was absurd for the media to immediately switch from 2006 to 2008 the moment the last election was over. They didn't miss a beat. I would prefer that they discuss current events, not those taking place far in the future.

Once Waxman and the others get their hearings revved up for real, there will be plenty of coverage of that. Have patience.