Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, October 29, 1994                   TAG: 9411010034
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY PUT . . .

Because we'll turn back the clocks tonight, candidates for the Senate, House of Representatives, etc., will get an extra hour to hammer their messages in the public's ear.

Of course, the public will gain the hour, too. But some of us, feeling bombarded enough with politics by now, thank you, probably would just as soon lose that hour and hustle the election on to a nice, quiet, peaceful conclusion.

Perhaps the best use of the hour might be in silent contemplation of the sunrise, a beautiful event likely to recur no matter the impact of the television ads and the result of the upcoming election.

ANOTHER INDICATOR of politics in America, 1994. Yes, it has come to this: Two congressional candidates in Nebraska have resorted to taking lie-detector tests to reinforce their accusations against each other.

The problem is: What if each candidate is asked, while hooked up to the machine, whether his opponent tells lies all the time? Voters may have a better chance than logicians at figuring that one out.