I am so tired of every election being portrayed as the ultimate battle between good and evil, the last, best chance to save the world (or the country, or the state, or the universe).
I am exhausted by the constant need to hate the other side.
I have been beaten down by the defeatism.
For over five decades, I have been repelled by the media’s insistence on handicapping the next race from the very instant the current race is run. Handicapping political contests long ago replaced meaningful discussion of candidates’ positions.
Everytime my folks won, society’s problems continued.
Everytime the other guys won, the world continued to spin on its axis.
After all the thunder and lightning, winds and rain, fire and smoke, this time feels like every other time.
I miss the friends I lost along the way.
I am so tired.
Good night.
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