OK, if I have my calculations correct, it’s just 13 days until the election.  Hallelujah!

I’m not a fanatic about politics, although I do care who is leading the country.  So, I do pay some attention to political campaigns.  But, I have to admit, that sometime before the election actually happens, I experience campaign fatigue.  And, it’s hit hard this year.

Here’s how I know when I’m experiencing campaign fatigue:

• I don’t care that Tina Fey looks almost exactly like the Republican VP candidate
• I don’t feel like discussing whether the Republican VP should have appeared on Saturday Night Live or not
• My thumb is strained from surfing channels during commercials while I’m watching TV in order to avoid being exposed to any more campaign commercials
• I am really, really sick of the threads on RealTalk where everyone is trying to pretend that rabid right-wing and/or left-wing politicos are really making any sense whatever
• I am amazed at the report that the Republicans spent $150,000 to clothe and accessorize their VP candidate – what do they wear in Alaska. . . cammo pants and hunting boots????
• I am tired of checking facts – we should just all accept the fact that facts can come out however you want them, and checking doesn’t really help. . .  mainly because it depends on who is doing the checking!
• I believe that our enemies will always test us – I don’t care who is President!
• With all that is going on these days, I can’t understand why a VP would make one of their key duties being a champion for children with special needs. . .  what about the kids with cancer?  adults with cancer?  Lupus, Parkinsons’s disease, Wall Street, recession talk?  I mean, let’s get serious
• Who cares when Powell endorsed Obama.  He did it – so enough already
• I’ll be glad when Katie Couric is no longer asking the candidates about the last time they cried.  Cheez
• And, after all Palin’s new duds go to charity, will she be back to the cammo pants?  Another burning question

I do wish we could get all the way through a campaign taking the high road.  Talking about the issues.  Getting candidates to tell us where they stand, not where their opponent is.

It’s a fantasy.  I know it will never happen.  But, this year I’m going to vote early.  Then, I’m going to pretend like the campaign is over, and they’re just taking a really long time counting the votes!