Opinion Columnist
All I have to say about election season is thank God it’s over.
Maybe it’s because I was too young to vote four years ago, but I never noticed before how annoying the whole thing is.
Whether it’s a billboard, commercial, on the radio or TV, there is always something popping up to remind you that Romney wants to defund Planned Parenthood or Obama is going to force gay marriage on America if he’s reelected.
I understand that Colorado is a swing state, but does that mean it’s necessary to get bombarded with political ads every waking moment of the day? No, it’s not.
This is a pretty heated election year. The two parties have “such opposing views” and there’s “so much at stake.” But it’s almost as if America’s take on presidential elections is on steroids.
A German girl in one of my classes was asked how long election season is in her country. Her answer blew my mind.
“A few months.”
A few months? Election season in America lasts longer than pregnancy does for the woman whose child Mitt Romney didn’t want aborted – or so it seems.
Twice in a matter of three days, I received not a phone call (though I got several of those too), not a piece of election-related mail (which we get every single day), but a knock on my door from one of Obama’s supporters asking if I was going to reelect the president this year. My answer?
“Not if you guys keep bombarding me with phone calls and house visits.”
However, election season is absolutely the best time of year for a few lucky people, namely Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. These Daily Show hosts are provided with the most material they can use on their programs without having to do much at all, except watch the news and take notes on all of the commotion and bickering.
Unfortunately for me and my roommates, we don’t have cable. Which means we are stuck watching Dr. Oz and Maury, although that’s not the worst part. In between these shows, we melt our brains by watching political commercials and campaign ads.
Suffice it to say, I am completely and irrevocably over it.
However, Facebook and seemingly every person on there are not. I’m just trying to check how many likes my status got and stalk that girl who keeps commenting on all my boyfriend’s pictures. Why do I need to see politics all over the place, too?
Perhaps social media has gotten so advanced in the last four years that once something is on one social medium, it automatically leaks onto every single other one imaginable.
It seems as though the fight between Obama and Romney is all about who’s smarter and better than the other, but all I see from my perspective is two campaign groups succeeding in making their leaders seem annoying and stupid.
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