Swing State

This post is in no way meant to be political ... just some observations about living in a Swing State.

We live in a heated time as the election draws near. Today I received two political phone calls. When we returned home from our daily errands, there was some political literature on our front door. The campaigner must have watched me come home, so he was kind enough to stop back by our house to share his spiel. On any given day, we receive 4-5 direct mail pieces (covering both candidates). And then there are the TV commercials. Every single commercial break. Monopolizing the airwaves. We had some friends visit in June, and they commented on the commercials back then. (I didn't realize televisions in other states weren't bombarded like ours.) And then last week, we had family in town who commented again about our Swing State dynamics. Then this conversation came up...

Reid: "Mom, Obama has made some bad decisions."
Me: "What?! Where did you hear that?"
Reid: "On TV. They said Obama has made really bad decisions."

I used this as an opportunity to share with Reid about marketing and advertising and why some people pay for advertisements so they can share their opinion, but that not everything you hear on TV may be true about Obama or Romney. And how we need to respect that everyone has their own opinion. And how we should also be respectful of the person who is elected as our President because he is our leader. (Yes, this was a heavy conversation with a 6-year-old.)

So all opinions aside, these next 2 weeks should be interesting living in our Swing State of Colorado. Until then, I think I will stop answering my phone (unless I know who it is). And watching TV (hey, there are no commercials on Netflix!) And answering the door. Okay, maybe not that last one ...  but perhaps I'll post a sign like this.