I am listening to a re-play of the second presidential debate. I am reminded again how impossible it is for any voter to learn anything useful from such debates. Neither candidate is really able to give a good analysis of the country's problems and reasonably detailed plans for how to deal with them in such a forum. Those who had already made up their minds will not hear anything that will change their minds and those who are waiting to hear something that either candidate could say that would offer real solutions to the problems will be just as confused after listening to the debates as they were before. It seems that about 49% of the electorate will be disappointed with the outcomes of the upcoming election.
Fortunately, the poem I have added has absolutely nothing to do with the presidential election. It is about something equally elusive. It is about the vicissitudes of being in love. Debating and voting on that is useless as well. However we can be assured that if it doesn't work out well at least a full 50% of those involved will be disappointed.