Sep. 10: Enough Of the Silly Season

By Sylvia Gurinsky

It is officially the silly season in the presidential election. I don't want to go into details, and I won't; a look at Yahoo or Google news stories will give them to you.

I do want to say: Enough!

-Enough from Sen. John McCain, a good public servant who is allowing himself to be co-opted by bad guys like Karl Rove.

-Enough from the press, which is more interested in covering political gamesmanship than in telling Americans how Sens. McCain and Barack Obama plan to get them back to work and cover their health costs. Reporters, remember why you got into this business. If you're scared of corporate types leaning on you and that's why you're doing the stories the way you are, maybe you should quit. The job isn't worth it.

-Enough from pundits. That's all I need to say there.
(Yes, I know the First Amendment applies to them, too. That doesn't necessarily mean they know what they're talking about.)

-Enough from pollsters. Do we really need a daily temperature reading? The election is in November. If the election took place today....no one would be ready. There are almost two months (and possibly a few hurricanes) to go.

-Enough from waffling voters. Sit down, go online to a site like Project Vote Smart and start examining the records of these people. Then, on Nov. 4, make your decision.

This country is in the worst economic condition since the Great Depression, and the worst foreign condition since the 1950s. America can't afford silliness in the way it chooses its president.