It's Time Start Ducting The Issues!

When you wake on Nov. 5 it will be all over but the shoutin'! I take that back, if you listen to talk radio and cable news talk shows the shoutin' is never over. I sure have heard a lot of people just say they are relieved this election is over. Relieved. HmmÖthat's too bad. Free and fair elections are what people all over the world fight for. And all we can feel is relief?

My guess is there truly is a silent majority that get that quietly goes about its business and doesn't like the accusatory nature of today's politics. Now don't get me wrong I don't think politics have been white linen glove affairs in the past. What I'm real sure of now is that this is our first election with full blown blogs, texts, internet, talk radio, and cable news. It's like we are walking around with two bullhorns, one facing in toward each ear. No wonder we're so irritable!
The sides seems to have drawn some pretty strong lines. If you're for Obama you just want to be hip and cool. If you're for McCain, you're a rich self-centered snob. I really like to think people have more depth than that. I know of some pro-life democrats and some pro-life republicans. Now put that in your stove pipe hat and smoke it. Yes, people can affiliate with a party and have different opinions than that party.

Maybe it seems like we have forgotten that we have two ears and one mouth for a reason. Here's my recommendation for how to fix the system. Sometime in the next four years you have to have a duct tape over your mouth conversation with someone of a different persuasion. The following week you could be the talker instead of the ductee. That's right, people would actually listen to a complete statement knowing they could not yell at or interrupt their friend. Ooh, did I just use the word “friend” in a political discussion. How weird was that.

Maybe we can then go from yelling, trash talking, accusatory, mean spirited elections to just having an inductee for president.