Turns out the latter is recyclable too. The fertilizer spread in past campaigns feeds the current crop. We'll start out with a quote I found last night, from an Associated Press roundup of world reactions to Obama winning the nomination.
In Mexico City, hairdresser Susan Mendoza's eyes lit up when she learned Obama had clinched the nomination.
"Bush was for the elite. Obama is of the people," she said.
Of course, here in the US it's bass-ackward. Obama, son of a single working mother, is the "elite" -- because he's a latte-sipping Democrat -- and Bush, scion of a millionaire Washington insider, is the "regular fella" -- I guess because he speaks like a moron. This is the rule in the US because talking heads on that TV machine tell you so. It's repeated over and over, until the absolutely obvious isn't so obvious anymore -- night becomes day, hot becomes cold, elites become people from humble roots, and those from humble roots become the elite.
I give you this to issue one warning -- that TV machine is a bullshit dispenser. It's for entertainment purposes only. If you want information about the elections and what issues are at stake, get it in print. Television news -- especially 24/7 cable networks -- is crap. You watch that stuff and I can practically guarantee you won't become more informed -- in fact, it's a good bet you'll become dumber. When a Mexican hairdresser has a better grasp of the facts than a pundit on CNN or FOX, that ought to tell you something about CNN and FOX. If you want to know it, read it...
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