The guy on Fox News, looks a little like Alfred E. Neumann of Mad Magazine, just said the debates will favor the candidate who connects with the typical American, you know, like Bush, unlike Kerry “who seems aloof and out-of-touch.” US voters don’t care too much about the facts and how leaders perceive reality or create their own. Shoot, we’re just lookin’ to see who messes up! That’s right, avoiding the gaff and speaking in short sentences are the keys to these debates, say the geniuses. Who leads us into the future? Plahh! How? Who cares!
The old journalism rule, writing to a sixth-grade education; now there’s one begging to be broken. Politicians pander to a sixth-grade education . . . are the adult masses the children not being left behind? Are the rich and ignorant voters the children not being left behind?
Is this a Horatio Alger story written by Stephen King? Riches to riches and a legacy of power? I found this on John’s blog: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0926-04.htm Is this for real? should I pinch myself? could this be happening?
