This is one of the smartest people in America.

Ha ha aww, poor child! I feel her pain!

Precious! I’m tired of them as well.

Well that is a sad commentary on the state of the election process. I feels the same way, but I’m an adult. My question would be why she is feeling that way about the election? Why would a 3 or 4 year old be exposed to that much of the election process, especially if she is that upset about it. (Of course it could be that she woke up too early from her nap and that was the last thing she heard about as she was dozing off.) . . . still sad.

Bridget, she may be parroting words and emotions she’s heard from her parents and that’s the real origin of her sadness….her parents’ distress.

Maybe she’s seen too many “scary” political ads on tv…

“IF YOU DON’T VOTE FOR SO-AND-SO, NARNIA WILL BE OVERTHROWN AND PERISH IN FIRE AND WATER AND GOD *WILL* HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!”

Anyone know a source for one-way super-saver fares to Ponyville?

http://is.gd/b64rKs

FORT COLLINS – A 4-year-old Fort Collins girl expressed her frustration over the seemingly never-ending presidential campaign.

Elizabeth says on the way back from the store she switched the radio from NPR to Neil Young.

I just updated my web browser to Internet Explorer 9 and I cannot see your article.

And in another week, THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF!

Could be worse guys, you could be living somewhere where elections are an unknown concept!

November 6th. It would be the 7th in Oz & NZ.

Thanks. Less than a week to go before some of my fb friends calm down (or totally implode)

I will NEVER get my head around American political discourse. (with apologies to all the fine, wonderful Americans I khnow)

I can’t wait until the election is over because it has been months and months of visual pollution from campaign signs at every intersection in every town. One of my coworkers called it “electoral graffiti” today at work and I couldn’t hardly disagree.

I taught high school government for years. As part of my job I was required to register 18 year old students to vote.
I am no longer surprised to find 30-40 year old ex-students of mine who no longer vote. They are among the 51,000,000 in America who never vote.
Being a so called “good” former civics teacher, I early voted yesterday. I left the polls sick to my stomach. I was not sure if it was the choices or lack of choices I had to chose from….or the monstrosity that is now the local First Baptist Church. ( It looks like a Greek temple.)

@K.D., I’m voting on Tuesday. Our polling place moved in the last year from the Methodist church down the street to the Wisconsin Synod church up the street. Neither are megachurches. There is a mega near me, but as far as I know, they’re not a polling place.

(Personally, as a hard-core separation of church and state type of person, I don’t think churches should be used as polling places, but that’s Just My Personal Opinion.)

Just when you thought the circus could not get any more bizarre,
this:

With the 2012 Election days away, we are gearing up for KCM/EMIC’s first ever, LIVE Election Coverage. And we’re excited about it! We are putting together this LIVE coverage just for you — commercial free, packed with the Word of God and minute-by-minute updates. Not only are we covering the Presidential Election, but we will cover other national elections as well. During our election coverage we will connect with special guests, take an in-depth look at what God has to say from His Word and hear prophecies that reveal God’s plan for America.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries LIVE Election Coverage 2012

Thanks. Less than a week to go before some of my fb friends calm down (or totally implode) — Lynne T

And the very next day, the 2016 Presidential Campaign Season begins…

Actually, Lynne, the first few weeks after the 2008 elections were crazier than the Ken Copeland Election Coverage.
* Some drunk black guy in Chicago punched out a cop yelling “I can get away with it now! Obama! Obama! Obama!”, and he wasn’t the scariest Obama fanboy out there.
* All these RON PAUL RON PAUL RON PAUL fanboys came out of the woodword spamming “I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO!”. And they were all named John Galt.
* Another John Galt tried to lead all of LiveJournal in the Oath of Galt’s Gulch.
* Still another John Galt claimed this was all Prophesied in Atlas Shrugged, Chapter X, Scene Y. Yes, chapter-and-verse.
* “Who is John Galt?” I don’t know, but the guy’s got more Celebrity Impersonators than Elvis.
* Then there was the YouTube clip from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith — “So this is how democracy dies. To thunderous applause.”
* Then there was this “Spiritual Warfare” type my sister-in-law told me about — how God told him “Now My Judgment on This Land Begins.” (Same source that later told me a picture on my wall was demon-possessed.)

Last time I looked, I was almost 57 years old. I’ve had my fill of Teh Crazy long ago.

I agree that if I never hear another political ad or robocall again, it will be too soon. I live in Ohio! Once every four years, they get interested in us for a few weeks.

Still…whenever I think about not voting, I remember the Egyptians going crazy with joy a year or so ago, at the chance to actually vote for the first time in decades. I remember picture of African risking death to get to the polls. I also remember that when my mom was born, women were not allowed to vote in this country, and up till the 1960s, black people in many parts of this country were effectively disenfranchised. A lot of people suffered and died so I could walk into our plain little county building this afternoon (early voting allowed), stand in line for half an hour, and make a few marks on a piece of paper.

As far as the money spent on the campaigns goes, I agree it is obscene. Much more so because of the Citizens United ruling that has brought boatloads of money from around the country into Ohio to influence the vote. (Guess which way!)

If I ran the zoo, I would, first, do away with the Electoral College, which makes some states much more “important” than others. Decide it based on the popular vote.

Then, shorten the campaign time to two months, as they do in England.

Then, have all the voting done within a 48-hour period that ran exactly the same 48 hours regardless of time zone. That is, if it started on the East Coast at 7 a.m Tuesday, it would start in Hawaii at the same time: 2 a.m Tuesday (according to the Time Zone converter, and run for 48 hours.

If I ran the zoo. 🙂

Good old K. Copeland…the one who said that God told him that he could have died on the cross to pay for our sins just as easily as Jesus did. — Diane

Guy thinks kind of highly of himself, huh?

This might be of amusement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfYI94LzDs

Here is my view on politics in America.Democrats are liberal about telling you lies.They lie to you without self control.Republicans are conservative about lying to you,they are more tight lipped about it.We get jacked in the end just the same.

H. Lee, excellent points about the privilege of voting! And welcome!

Canada is looking better at this point.