“Are we there yet?”
Anyone who ever ridden in an automobile with a child, has heard that question repeatedly.
Somehow, after following this year’s presidential election on a daily basis, I keep wanting to ask “Is it over yet?
Regardless of whom you support, this has been one tough election for the voters.
Keep in mind that the race to the White House has been in the news for almost 18 months.
We have been bombarded with cable news shows that feature every major and minor detail of the campaign. I am so tired of hearing “Breaking News” repeated 24 hours a day, especially when most of the news isn’t important and often is just plain silly.
And those talking heads!
Every channel assembles a panel of so-called experts who are there to support their candidate, along with one or two people who actually know what they are talking about.
Some of the surrogates for the candidates must have been hired off the street, because they know nothing about politics, and have been given talking points.
Some of the better-known advocates open their mouths and spew crazy theories about either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
One of the latest is former Mayor Rudy Guliani who insisted that candidate Clinton is suffering from some ailment and “you can look it up on Google.”
So, I went to Google and found ten items contradicting everything Guliani said.
On the flip side of the coin, columnist after columnist has offered a theory that candidate Trump has some form of emotional condition that disqualifies him as a candidate.
None of these columnists has any type of degree that makes them an expert.
I have my own thoughts about this election, having won 13 contests of my own, to keep my seat in the state Assembly.
Donald Trump may be the first major outsider to seek the White House in over 75 years, but he is also the worst candidate I have experienced in my long years of exposure to politics.
Every day that Hillary Clinton makes a mistake, Donald Trump somehow finds a way to get into trouble and he becomes the headline.
I have a hard time watching Trump speak to an all-white audience and make an appeal for the black or Hispanic vote.
During the Republican debates, he managed to insult the Romney people (Mormons), the Bush people (old establishment Republicans) and Ted Cruz who had over 500 delegates pledged to him.
Trump doesn’t seem to realize that once you insult every group or person on the planet, you can’t walk back your comments.
I have heard every excuse for why Trump keeps changing his campaign team.
His backers say it is because there is a new team for each stage of the election. No candidate for the White House has ever had a revolving team, with one group leaving and another group coming in.
The answer is simple.
No one can work for Donald Trump because he doesn’t listen and thinks he is the last word on everything, such as “I know more about ISIS than the generals.”
While I am a supporter of Hillary Clinton, she makes me cringe on a daily basis on the email issue and the many ways she handles it.
She never seems to have a consistent story about the emails and then wonders why some voters don’t trust her.
She is, on her own, one of the more qualified people to ever run for the job, but she gets a big “F” for her failure to put controversial issues behind her.
I have not been to my doctor in a while but I guess there is no cure for election fatigue.
There may be 80 or so days left until Election Day, but I keep asking myself “is it over yet?”
