Per the Week, 8 billion dollars will be spent in the US on political campaign advertizing this year, 30% more than in 2008. :VeryScared:
Irony? The campaign advertizers admitted 80% of the spending is useless, but they just don't know which 80%. (Per NPR this morning.)
It will be interesting to see how much Romney & Obama spend per vote this year. I don't watch much local TV, but it seems like Jeopardy has devolved into competing Mitt/Barack ads.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Good thing with today's Netflix, DVRs, remotes and mute buttons you can tune out most of it. Someone invent a political ad, auto filter, box control and you will be rich!
If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2
Republicans are red, democrats are blue, neither of them, gives a flip about you.
