Before I go any deeper into this column, I would like to explain the title and the quote that I used for this column especially since last Tuesday was Election Day.

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday was a song sung by the Rolling Stones that allegedly might have involved a member of that group having a relationship with a groupie or prostitute of which they had no control over. Chief Joseph was an Indian chief who grew sick of government promises to improve the conditions his tribe was forced to live under, and attempted to lead his people to Canada and failed.

Although this column was submitted before last Tuesday, I have no doubt that it will be no different than every Election Day of the past. We have heard and read all of the election promises and if any of them had ever been fulfilled in the past America would be one heck of a place to live. We would not have had a serious recession; everyone would be working and certainly each and every American would be sufficiently wealthy enough to be living the good life instead of receiving government handouts.

I have to state that some of the advertisements are beyond hysterical in their truths. Some of the liberals promise to increase the minimum wage while helping small businesses. Of course none of those candidates have shown any proof as to how they will do that. One has claimed to be the best business person ever while another sitting senator switched his endorsement away from an independent candidate because he knew that person would lose. I have to agree with the saying that politicians make for strange bedfellows. You can be certain that the media just loves election time because it must bring in tons of revenue. I am sure that also goes for printing establishments as well. The only problem is that after being elected or re-elected, I am willing to bet the politicians will figure out ways of getting that money back.

In just one U.S. Senate race in Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell is seeking re-election and estimates show that somewhere around $80 million is being spent between the two candidates and groups supporting them. The Federal Election Commission estimates that somewhere around $7 billion was spent on federal elections in 2014. I was going to dig deeper and research some other election spending but I didn’t want to get sick or have anyone reading this column get ill. Needless to say, billions are being spent on the self-promotion of candidates and that’s at all levels of those running for office.

We have had that happen in Windham and what’s amazing is how they change over the long term from limiting government spending to raiding our wallets even more. Maybe it’s a disease that they catch when exposed to all the money that they can spend. Spendacitis?

I normally don’t watch very many of the debates that candidates have because I have this firm belief that it is nothing more than an exercise in stupidity. It’s a case of attack and counterattack time and time again. Unfortunately this year is one of those years where I haven’t witnessed any of the local candidates debating on Channel 7. It tells me that most people make up their minds ahead of time but hopefully some of those candidates knocked on their doors, which could have influenced how they voted. I would rather a candidate knock on my door because I give very little thought to the multitude of signs polluting our countryside, and the same goes for TV commercials. I don’t even care what their political thoughts are, I just think it was nice that they had the courtesy to come to my house.

I will be glad when all the political pollution and bovine scatology disappears from my television but unfortunately what we will subjected to are days and weeks of analysis by analysts, or are they proctologists?

Lane Hiltunen of Windham believes it’s time all elected positions to be for one six-year term.