Second Tuesday in November

The second Tuesday in November is Election Day in these United States. Until then, we will be bombarded with telephone surveys (actually ads for a candidate) and political spots on radio and television. The public says they eschew negative advertising, yet all the consultants say they work. Of course they work! The U.S. public doesn't bother checking to see if the nasty charges are true or not. They just get angry at the accused candidate for doing what his opponent had said he (or she) has done. No one really expects the electorate to think do they?


There will never be campaign reform. The parties need to have a lot of cash to pay for the broadcast advertisements, and do you think the Fourth Estate — the watchdog for the public — will refuse all that wonderful money coming in or work to cut the flow off?