The Debates: A Deft Technique for Killing Enthusiasm



Sad to say, I am afraid that I am losing my enthusiasm for this election.



I feel like the newly wed who discovers that his bride was the girlfriend of the guy he hated all through school….



That’s how I feel.



What had started out as a love affair, has turned sour in my eyes.



Petty infighting, new revelations—either real or contrived—cases of trying to influence perceptions with artfully camouflaged accusations all leave me with a bitter taste in my mouth.



I don’t feel as strongly about Obama as I once did…

Now that I know, or think I know, that he picked out Reagan as his model, which I assumed was the point of all that jargon….



I remember Reagan….



And he was no role model for me….



And I don’t like the “slickness” of Willy or Hillary’s attempts to seem unscripted as she levels charges.



I understand wanting to win, but I don’t want to see this degenerate into the Hillary and Bill contest; or learn that Obama does best when he doesn’t get his hands dirty with the detail work.



I almost don’t want to know that.



I originally was for Dennis but settled on Edwards for his possibilities. But nobody’s buying into his arguments which suggests that the country is addicted to hope or that the majority are simply stupid!



In any event, I will probably vote for the candidate of the democratic party.



But I don’t like being taken for granted and maybe I should be paying more attention to what Mayor Bloomberg and his friends are saying.



Where are you, Dennis, when I need you?



Les Aaron

The Committee for Positive Change