tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post1978397957004407419..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Not Talking about PoliticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-32611100861926926682012-10-14T12:28:44.149-04:002012-10-14T12:28:44.149-04:00I don't think I'll ever reach my lofty goa...I don't think I'll ever reach my lofty goal either, though it's something to shoot for. The trouble with paying attention to the pundits is that even the most eloquent of them seem to believe that appearance is everything, that the guy who puts on the best act for the TV is the best candidate, and that the voters are correct if they believe this. Issues? What issues? This isn't a @#$%!! congeniality contest, for &^%$# sake, *&^%% it... oops. *drools, jibbers, has to be sedated and put to bed.*Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-89595130553902437032012-10-14T09:11:09.108-04:002012-10-14T09:11:09.108-04:00Kate, I cannot believe how similar our political e...Kate, I cannot believe how similar our political experiences were as children, right down to listening to a relative's election results on the radio, in my case an uncle. I started swearing at the TV news during the Vietnam War so I gave up television news. I started swearing at the newspaper during Watergate, so I gave up reading the paper. Lately, I have been swearing at the radio news, but for the past sixteen months (or was it sixteen years? Decades?)of this interminable presidential election. Until about a month ago. Then I decided that I would listen only to the hourly five-minute news. I cannot tell you how I admire your self-control, going cold turkey on swearing at the media about politics. I am weaning myself. But I don't think I will ever reach your lofty goal. In fact, if our side wins I will gloat loudly and with MANY blue expressions. I hope I am hoarse the next morning. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-43469674513336608452012-10-12T09:05:01.658-04:002012-10-12T09:05:01.658-04:00We do live in times where it is dangerous to say y...We do live in times where it is dangerous to say your piece re politics in many public arenas! The climate is more like kindling waiting for a match - I have lived in many places in the USA, and have never sensed it to be like it is today. Sometimes I kinda wish I had the rifle I carried in my Tennessee days! Even the local bootleggers didn't dare mess with this lady! Thelma StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com