If You Experience An Election Lasting....

Many of us will go to the polls tomorrow; perhaps we'd rather be going to the North or South poles or to Poland instead. Our phones are ringing today with dozens of "Out of Area" calls with last minute pleas to prevent "a dirt-bag slumlord,"  "do-nothing slut/sleaze", or "T (for Toxic)-Party nut-case" from being elected.

I have heard several people rejoicing in advance that by Wednesday morning these incessant, idiotic campaign ads will be gone. They are meant to be insulting to opponents, but the result is that they are all insulting to potential voters, and may actually reduce overall turnout.

Think again, Pilgrims.

It's hard to bring myself to tell these people and others that by Wed a.m. the Poli-Media Industrial Complex will begin the 2012 Presidential campaign in earnest!  Overnight, Iowa and New Hampshire will see economic surges as consultants in $2000 suits begin to Tweet....to one another. Studies have shown that the majority of these people don't actually vote; they are far too busy making money and getting implants.

Oh my, to think that we'll soon be looking upon Carl/Carly, a Boxer and a Wrestler, and What'sHerface in Delaware with fondness compared to what's ahead for us all too soon. Friends, these are the good old days.

What can we do about this whole sorry mess? I've begun to think that it might be a good idea to allow children to vote, maybe lower the voting age to twelve or so. Would we need to then lower the age required to hold office as well? Maybe, but it might be worth a try. And, why not just have the elections by Tweets and/or Texts anyway?

You see what I've been saying about Imagination being one way to improve everything?

As the TV ads might declare, "If you experience an election lasting more than two years, you should call your doctor, minister, shrink and especially your travel agent, or just try something else."

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