Campaigns are a huge waste of money

Bob Abbott, Las Vegas

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 | 2:03 a.m.

I am getting so tired of hearing and seeing all the political campaign commercials. I read Barack Obama received more than $150 million in one month and John McCain received more than $80 million.

If we counted the money that all the candidates have spent nationwide advertising themselves, we would have enough money to start paying off the national debt, plus give every American a great stimulus bonus.

Campaigning should last no longer than two months (in less than two months we have learned the good and bad about Sarah Palin), thereby eliminating the lies and promises we have had to listen to for almost two years.