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TV silence is so golden

By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

My immediate family and I sat in the middle of one of America’s “battleground states.”

Yes, Joe Biden and Donald Trump believed Texas’s 38 electoral votes were worth the fight. Those votes will go to Trump when the Electoral College meets next month, but not before both sides emptied much of their campaign cash into our TV sets.

They blanketed the air waves with ads. They were incessant. They were harsh. And oh they were frequent.

Well, I am so happy to disclose the obvious: the election is over … and the ads have ceased!

I found the ads annoying. I suppose it was due mostly to the fact that my mind was made up long ago. Still, they were so very repetitive.

I don’t know about you but I am going to cherish the silence.

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Rep. Granger plays key role in conflicting TV ads

I am so very glad I don’t live in U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s congressional district. You see, the Fort Worth Republican is being featured in conflicting TV ads that ought to make her constituents’ head spin.

On one side we have a conservative political action committee that takes her to task for opposing Donald Trump on the border wall, on immigration in general, on taxes, on abortion. “I am a pro-choice Republican,” Granger says in that TV spot. You name it, she’s on the wrong side of the issue.

And then we have this: Granger’s allies are running an ad that features the same Donald Trump saying what a great partner the congresswoman has been. “Thanks, Kay,” Trump says to her in the ad.

So, which is it? Is Rep. Granger a Trumpkin or not? Is she for his policies or against ’em? Is she a friend or a foe of the current president of the United States?

I’ll just have to wish them all the best of luck over yonder in the 12th Congressional District. I’ve got my hands full here, in the Third District, trying to decide how to cast my own vote.