Those Election Ads

I'm sure everyone else is going through it too, being bombarded with political ads from all sides. Every two years we go through it and it keeps getting worse.

If you're like me, by this time you are so sick of the ads, you mute every one. And they run one after another, so you just keep the mute on until the program you've been watching resumes.

Now I don't mind the ads candidates put out that describes what their accomplishments have been, but the ones that bash the other candidate have got to go. If you can't run on your own accomplishments, don't run at all. This year especially, it seems some candidates in this state have run ads bashing their opponents and also, bashing their opponents for things they, themselves voted for. I know, it doesn't make sense, but it seems they want to confuse the voters into thinking that they are the party of the other candidate. It would be funny if they weren't so desperate.

There was one ad running by an incumbent candidate that really hit rock bottom when it came to attacking his opponent, bringing up the guy's past personal financial problems at a time when hundreds of thousands are going through the same thing. He's since cleaned the ad up, but not by much and I think the only reason he did was because it was backfiring on him. I'm hoping it's done so much damage for his campaign that he isn't re-elected but unfortunately he probably will be.

There is one incumbent candidate that is running solely on his accomplishments and has not run one ad bashing his opponent. His opponent, however, has run ads bashing him that in my opinion were pathetic. No wonder she's thirty points behind in the polls. She's since been running ads trying to make herself look good, but I think it's too little too late.

I will be so glad when election day finally comes and the ads stop. Unfortunately with being the "First in the Country,"  here in Iowa, we already know that the ads for those presidential hopefuls aren't far behind. It seems that we just can't catch a break.