Robocalls up the wazoo!

With election day only 4 days away, the frequency of me being bombarded with political ads is increasing at an alarming rate. How do we tell the robocalls that we've already voted? And they're getting nastier too. Elizabeth Dole's latest attack made national news, calling Kay Hagan an atheist through somewhat tenuous reasoning. Elizabeth Dole knows perfectly well that Kay Hagan is a Christian. To imply is one thing, but to flat-out lie? I thought I'd seen the worst when Dole's campaign compared Hagan to a dog two months ago. Showed me.

There's something else I feel compelled to address: Name-calling. We've heard everything every candidate has been called, and all that does is make the name-caller's side lose more credibility, no matter who it is: The candidate, a prominent supporter, or just some other blogger. They've got nothing substantial to call their nemesis out on, so they flash back to elementary school. It's just plain pathetic. We'll see just how effective name-calling really is next Tuesday night.

Moving beyond politics, it's Halloween yet again. We'll probably just forget about trying to have anyone come here and leave the lights off. If anyone braves our dark driveway, I don't think we have any candy, but we have some change.