For darn sake, why all the relentlessly negative posts, defeatism, and gloom on DU?

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22. Don't think . . .

I get the sarcasm, Winky-Dink. Does Fox News hate Hillary Clinton? Of course. Read a line today that if Trump and his supporters didn't have Hillary to beat on, they'd have to invent her. Think that doubles for Fox; at the moment, HRC is their one true punching bag.

As far as the last Virginia post? Think I saw one at the top of the week, people hyperventilating over the Hampton poll, Gillespie up by 7. One poll. Even with that margin figured in, Northam's average was still at +3.6.

There have been others on the board, earlier on. That's not to say it's just DU. NYT (I think) had a headline up about the Virginia race yesterday--couldn't find it when I looked for it--but the headline was something to the effect that "Two Lack Luster Candidates Scramble in Va." Read the first two lines only to find: Democratic operatives were 'begging' voters to come out.

I'm willing to believe that the present political climate can, in fact, exhaust voters to the point that they want nothing to do with politics. That in itself is scary and can be driven by the continuous noise. Deliberately.

So, is the statement by the Times accurate or doom and gloom nonsense? Guess we're going to find out very soon.

My point is we should all be reading with a critical eye, listening with a skeptical ear. It's a sign of the times we live in.