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Carol Perkins: A week for Tv if you're interested in politics I have one ear on the liberals and one ear on the conservatives and frankly, I don't hear much of anything I thoroughly believe because I have become skeptical. I want to hear debates; unedited debates where candidates can't send out wrong information without being caught red-handed, immediately, with videotapes of misspoken words that might have been said in a tobacco patch in Kentucky. The media will find YOU if you run for office. -CAROL PERKINS The next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins the movie critic: Hope Springs a must see By Carol Perkins Carol Perkins mainstreetscreenprinting@gmail.com This has been a week for TV if you are at all interested in politics. I am. I listen to the propaganda, the sound bites, and the stump standing from both the Democrats and Republicans and really ponder who the right candidate is for the most powerful job in the world. The running for the office has become a game. Perhaps symbolically much like the drama in "Hunger Games," the candidate who can survive the negative ads, the arrows of character assassination, and the beasts who spin words to shift focus from truths (whatever that may be) that might lead us Americans one way or another will be the last standing. He will be rewarded. Sometimes I have great pity for the winner because he can never really win. "To the victor, come the spoils." I realize many have no interest in watching the Republicans because they are all a bunch of rich folks who could care less about the poor of the country. Then there are those who wouldn't watch the Democrats because they are a bunch of socialists. Then there are the rest of us who listen. We judge. We weigh our options, and then we vote. I grew up in a split home in that one parent is a Democrat and the other was a Republican. My father was very opinionated, and my mother learned early on to let him stump without feedback from her. After all, she knew she would never change him, so she quietly went about her business and voted along party lines. Each year they cancelled each other's votes. I married a strong Republican. I am a registered Democrat. He claims to vote for the man (or woman) and I believe that is true as long as that person is wearing an elephant head. We NEVER have civil conversations about politics. He just can't understand why I don't see his side of American politics. I understand why he doesn't see my side because the FOX, as in Fox News, has brainwashed him (I tell him that!). From six in the morning until the close of the day, one TV is either on the Weather Channel or Fox News. Not that I don't think he has his own mind, because he does; his mind just can't be an open one about politics, so I know not to try to "straighten him out" when I know he is wrong! Don't misunderstand, I listen to Fox, but I also listen to CNN. He always refers to CNN as the Clinton News Network. I find that amusing. I have one ear on the liberals and one ear on the conservatives and frankly, I don't hear much of anything I thoroughly believe because I have become skeptical. I want to hear debates; unedited debates where candidates can't send out wrong information without being caught red-handed, immediately, with videotapes of misspoken words that might have been said in a tobacco patch in Kentucky. The media will find YOU if you run for office. I long for the old days of conventions. Those were the times when a candidate did not know if he was going to win or lose the nomination. It was only at the convention that a candidate was chosen. How well I looked forward to the Governor of Kentucky making his/her speech, usually a long one about the wonders of our great state, and then casting delegates to a particular candidate. It was a proud moment for Kentuckians and one we never missed. The winner was NOT known ahead of time; therefore, making the conventions more meaningful. The race will now begin, which means we must brace ourselves for computerized phone calls, negative ads, and random mailings. The stakes are high for the two left in the game, both hungry for the position. What will happen in the next few months to take down the opponent? I will be watching, scrutinizing, and hoping that both play the game fairly and honestly without having to stoop too low. Hmmm, I am afraid of the bloodshed. Now on to the DNC. - Carol Perkins This story was posted on 2012-09-02 13:44:22
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