Mute button may save us

Thanks heavens for the mute button on the television remote. We have listened to advertisements for various candidates running for office in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and now Washington State. As Foxy puts it, "The candidates do not often tell you what they stand for, they only seem to run negative comments about their opponent." To make matters worse, they run the same advertisement over and over. Thank heavens for the mute button. This negative campaigning makes us want to throw all of them out of office. Where have they found these candidates that think the only way to get elected is to be so negative? In the Seattle paper on Sunday there was an article about a candidate who had knocked on 60,000 doors in his effort to get elected. I hope he had something to say and that it was positive, and that people listened to him before they made up their minds who to vote for.

When you listen to the negative style of campaigning so prevalent, it is a total turn off. No wonder we have legislative gridlock in Washington D. C. and in many state capitals. If all you do as a potential candidate is to look up the dirty linen of your opponent, no wonder that normal people do not run for office. My final concern is the immense amount of money required to actually run a campaign and the costs of advertising. Anyone with common sense could design a system that would work better and not be so ridiculously expensive. Why spend millions of dollars to get a job that pays you thousands in salary? I would like to have a mute button to turn the whole thing off. Happy travels.