Login HereI can only imagine how Clinton & Obama and their staffs feel. Just to save time, maybe they could each get "two Reject & Denounce" cards in advance.
If I lived in another country.....I'd laugh and laugh at how ridiculous our media is and how bizarre they force campaigns to be.
Believe me, it would be tempting to leave the U.S. except, sadly, I could only live in an english speaking country that did not like hockey or soccer -- and giant marsupials freak me out man. So I guess I'm stuck here. I have to love it because I'm not smart enough to leave it. See, you can't call me unpatriotic.
Since I still live in America, I get to say that each election seems to get more critical on issues, yet more trivial on coverage.
In the last three weeks the ONLY policy issue that has gotten substantial coverage is the ridiculous idea of a gas-tax holiday.
To paraphrase Lili von Shtupp, when it comes to the electronic media in this country "Let's face it, everything above the neck is kaput."
And at this pace, so soon shall we.
Damn kangaroos.
(video of the great Madeline Kahn)
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I’m not. I wish I was tired, though.
It has been so cold and snowy in Alaska this April, we get to keep our winter tires on for two extra weeks.
So, I’m not yet re-tired.
Zed…all hail…Zed is dead…long live the Zed!!!
oh shit…Hi Ed
1,827 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Attaturk and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
Your point about the increasingly silly and irrelelvant issues and coverage is well taken. Maybe with this last week of Rev. Wright, Obama has an opportunity to turn the entire cam[paign around on itself. Over at MYDD there was a post up about Obama directin’ his campaign to go completely positive and begin to stake out issue positions instead of images. I’ve got to believe that the public would respond overwhelmingly.
And, as far as the Rev. Wright thing is concerned, I’ve about had it with the “liberal” establishment and the socially acceptable progressives after watchin’
‘em tear their hair out and gnash their teeth over this terrible man who is so crazy as to bring up stuff like US imperialism, racism and the new prison economy when talkin’ about America durin’ an election. The progressive community had a chance to take possession of a candidate and advance ‘im out against all others and instead they cowered in a corner and left Obama out ta dry.
If Mrs. McClinton wins this election for the fascists I will forever blame my fellow “progressives” for bailin’ out on the truth and Rev. Wright.
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION AND IF THAT’S ALL YA GOT STAY AWAY FROM MY BACKSIDE!!
You’d say I’m putting you on
But it’s no joke, it’s doing me harm
You know I can’t sleep, I can’t stop my brain
You know it’s three weeks, I’m going insane
You know I’d give you everything I’ve got
for a little peace of mind
I’d give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of mind
I’d give you everything I’ve got for a little peace of mind
Marion in Savannah has a post up about the ‘tax holiday’ (it’s the second part of her post) here:
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/.....iedman-30/
We’re being duped as usual.
Attaturk, I’m tired too! Thanks for your post. ;-)
Robert Reich was all over this proposal this am. Really bad idea. What it will do is cause us to buy more gas and then have a bigger shortage. It has no conservation relevance at all. He was really good in an NPR commentary. I am guessing that Clinton had not asked his opinion.
I had just put this on the previous post; I guess it should go here.