Battleground States Barraged with Political Ads

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This blogger has suffered the torture of an endless stream of political ads that proliferate during prime time TV.  Both parties consider the yellow states on the map crucial to winning the presidential election November 6th.

While only a little over three weeks from now, that date seems agonizingly far away.  Both parties evidently think that viewers can neither hear nor see well, because the same ads run twice in the same commercial break.  Perhaps they're on to something, given the shameful lack of commitment voters show to fully informing themselves about the candidates.

I would personally like to kiss the inventor of the mute button on the remote because it has provided welcome respite from the onslaught.  Readers who share my misery will most likely celebrate the end of the campaign season and the resulting absence of political advertising that accompanies it.

If voters put enough energy forth, perhaps the Supreme Court will overturn Citizens United.  That decision turned a horrible situation into an abysmal torture.  Ham on Wry supports eliminating ads from Political Actions Committees (PACs) and any other organization.  Only ads endorsed by the candidates that come from the campaigns will be allowed in my altered universe.

The only relief under current law entails a move to a state that apparently doesn't matter much in the 2012 election, like Wyoming.   Ah, well, too late now.  The damage has occurred.  Maybe it will change in 2016--------and maybe not.