I Am Tired Of It Already

The Presidential campaign that is.
At a time when I long for and I think we need thoughtful, honest, civil, constructive discourse about the issues that face our nation, I am afraid it is just going to get uglier. The headlines in this morning’s New York Times confirms my fears. https://nyti.ms/JLbvU3

At a time when our country needs to come together, it is going to become more polarized.  At a time when we need political cooperation to solve our problems we are going to become more divided by partisan politics.  And at a time when so many find themselves in need – individuals out of work, schools laying off teachers, municipalities and governments struggling to provide basic services, social service programs facing increased need and decreased funding – we are going to spend millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, on ads which only seek to smear one or the other of our presidential candidates.

It is immoral!
The language we use and will use is immoral.
Spending the amount of money we will spend in the way we will spend it is immoral.
Increasing the divisiveness that exists in our country rather than lessening it is immoral.

I don’t have million of dollars to spend, but I will add my voice to any effort which demands that our political process reflect the best of who we are as a nation, rather than the worst.