Voter fatigue sets in

[intheflow]

Voter fatigue sets in, but interest still strong

By Jennifer Harper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

(snip)

The survey also found that 68 percent of those who were "very conservative" and 65 percent of "strong Republicans" were ready for Election Day. The figure was 59 percent among both "very liberal" and "strong Democrats," and 63 percent among "middle of the road" voters.

(snip)

Indeed, the poll found that 71 percent of those who live in 10 battleground states were tired of the campaign, with 91 percent saying they had seen political TV spots from both President Bush and his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry. Another 71 percent said the ads did not help them understand issues, while more than half said the spots were not "accurate."

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041020-112925-1764r.htm

I know I'm pretty damn tired of the politcal advertising. And the stress of not knowing the outcome is killing me!

[w13rd0]

1. The Moonie Times

is not a legitimate source, for anything, let alone LBN.

[intheflow]

7. Agreed, but

it's always good to know what the other side is saying.

[leftchick]

8. it seems highly respectable for WJ on C-Span.....

every fucking day. Which makes me :puke:....

[displacedtexan]

2. Is this an excuse for low Repuke turnout...

on November 2nd?

[intheflow]

4. Ooh, I like the way you think!

[cliss]

3. Not me. I couldn't care less about their screeching

and crying. My TV has been turned off. Permanently. It got evicted out to the garage. I thank BeelzeBush for that.

I was getting so upset about seeing his ugly face too much that I finally had enough. We've been overexposed to this dunce. It's almost like having a Bush Parent or a Bush Child living in your home. You can never get away from him. They just keep pushing, pushing, pushing his Neanderthal face 24/7. Enough already.

At this rate, people are going to vote for Kerry just to get rid of the overexposure.

[Mz Pip]

5. What does

ready for election day mean? It's not like Christmas where you have to have your shopping done and your menu planned to be "ready."

I feel fortunate to live in CA. The only ads I've seen are on the cable news stations, though I don't really watch that much TV. THe stress is another thing entirely. I am very anxious about this.

I went to the Dr. today and was telling him how I didn't know if I could take four more years of this and he said he felt the same way.

MzPip
:dem:

[Cocoa]

6. they wish

RW is TERRIFIED of unprecedented voter enthusiasm, and is trying desperately to quash it.

:bounce:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. Agreed.

Witness the hullabaloo.

[DebJ]

9. this story could have been written at this point in any election....

in fact, I have seen it before in other elections.

[shochet]

10. We counted 21 political commercials in one hour

And I am so sick of these commercials! I realized that I don't think there's been a Burger King or Micky D's commercial lately either. Maybe these guys can't get time with all the political noise out there. Or maybe they got smart, got together, and quit wasting money on air time. Kind of like the Kyoto treaty for non-advertising proliferation.

Anyway, not only are there too many but they're too negative.

Maybe we should change the presidency? One term, 6 years. No re-election BS, and the pres actually has to work that last year instead of visit Pennsylvania 39 times. (Of course let President Kerry serve twice first, though... :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. LOL welcome to DU

:D

[intheflow]

21. Welcome to DU, and

Six years?!?! Imagine knowing we'd have Bush for SIX YEARS!! Yikes!

But then, that'd give us time to impeach him. :kick:



(edited for typos)

[tanyev]

11. The one nice thing about living in a red state

is that you don't have to see the ads ad nauseum. We took a short trip to Missouri back in June. Just a little bit of TV watching in the hotel room and I was already sick of them.

[PermanentRevolution]

12. I'm sick of them too.

TV in Florida is just as bad. The Kerry commercials are generally more positive but the Bush ones are just horrible. Whenever one comes on, I've become partial to wailing in mock horror... "The liberals are coming! Oh, dear, lord, pleeeeeease save us from the liberals with their evil liberal idears!"

Doesn't help get them off the air, but it's satisfying in some inexplicable way.

[Born Free]

13. give me a break...

they expect our troops to fight in an unjust war day after day yet they grow tired of the election process, ohhh it's tooo hard, ohhh its too much work, I need a break, damn these sick people neeed help. It's the future of America we are fighting for, every minute every day, turn off the damn ads read the news, poeple are just too lazy.

[zanana]

14. Four years of political advertising...

This presidential campaign really started in December of 2000, when Bush was selected. What's a couple more weeks of advertising?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. Yeah cause he's had to sell himself every step of the way

[Laelth]

15. Good News

If Fundie Times wants to vote now, that means we have the momentum (and the fundies don't want to see our lead grow any more). They might not just lose the Presidency, but the Senate too!

Happy days ... :headbang:

-Laelth

[AP]

16. We've been attacking Bush a lot. It makes Bush defenders excited, and does

not give Democrats enough to vote for. That's what causes the disparity in those numbers. Hopefully it won't make a difference in the outcome. Incidentally, Kerry's debate performance has given people a lot more to vote for, which is good. I bet those numbers are better for Kerry today than they were 5 weeks ago.

[Hoping4Change]

17. "Never flinch, never weary, never despair." - Winston Churchill

Not knowing the outcome is killing me too and I'm a Canuck. I don't know how you all are bearing up up through this all. I think Winston was onto something.:hi:

[intheflow]

22. I'm a native Red Sox fan.

We know all about never despairing.

Thanks for the concern from the north. Cheers, eh?
:toast:

[whistle]

18. I believe it, what is this voting two weeks before the official election..

...along with absentee voting for the past six weeks. It's adding up to the November election being anticlimactic!