Is it just me or is anyone else getting reeeeally bored about the US preseidential elections?  Covering most of the news every single day, it is thrust down our throats day in day out. In my opinion it highlights the Americans' own obesession and misplaced opinion of their own 'importance' and popularity.  Even the BBC has sold it's soul and covers it more than any other news item on any given day. 

I bet most Americans cannot even name the British Prime Minister, let alone those from other countries who are all key players in the world arena.

Not only that, but I heard today that Obama's estimated TV campaign budget has been 230  MILLION DOLLARS!  On TV commercials only.  Not including magazines, newspapers, internet advertising, campaign events, travel etc etc etc etc.  The end amount must be unimaginably huge.And this is for one runner in the election.  Add McCain and Clinton's budgets to that and you must have an amount that would be enough to start a small country or bring a small country out of poverty.

I cannot help feeling that this money would be better spent on the American problems they are all promising to fix, or on some of the world poverty we see evrery day.... but hey, they are Americans, so whatever they do must be right.