It's an election year. You can see it on tv, hear it on the radio, read it in the newspapers. Obscene amounts of money are being spent to make sure we're focused on Mitt Romney's dog, that Obama ate dog as a child, literary pamphlets from 21 years ago again reviving the zombie birther myth.
It's gonna be a doozy folks. Our first post Citizens United presidential election. The parties and the super PAC's look to spend more money than The Avengers will gross. More than any election in history.
What's lamentable is how little that money will promote discussion about actual issues. Instead we'll see Karl Rove hit jobs with amazing production values. We'll hear sound bites cribbed and edited so flawlessly most won't realize what's being said is complete bullshit.
It wouldn't be as maddening if there weren't so many serious issues facing us: a limping economy, stubbornly high unemployment, a Congress that will not act to reign in spending or raise revenue. No, we're debating for the 87 millionth time whether Obama is a Kenyan, passages from Obama's books are presented as revelations. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers brought out AGAIN.
I could care less if Romney did cut that kid's hair. He was a teenager. Teenagers do stupid things. In other breaking news, the sun rose today. Why don't we put this pablum aside and discuss how awful his policies are? Why not look past Seamus' trip on the car roof and look at how Romney had to struggle to establish his conservative bona fides e.g. joining the NRA only after getting slammed by the second Amendment crowd.
It's worse on Obama's side. The conservative blogosphere has been on a partisan acid trip for 4 years, cooking up one insane conspiracy after another. Obama's failure to address their lunatic musings has only fueled the chants of 'Cover up!' Who cares what a 1991 literary pamphlet said? Why not talk about Obama's foreign policy being uncomfortably similar to his predecessor's? Instead of enabling Orly Taitz, why not discuss Barack's milquetoast support for gay marriage which only solidified after Biden held his feet to the fire?
We're a better country than this. We're adults and should be having a grown up conservation. Instead we've turned our elections into a reality show. With the amount of information literally at our fingertips, it's almost criminal how poorly informed people are. And how little they seem to care.
But alas, it's an election year. Serious discourse can't help but give way to juicy attack ads and salacious gossip. Maybe a 5 year old Romney let a goldfish die because he forgot to feed it? Maybe a 3rd grade Obama gave a female classmate cooties?
It's gonna be a doozy folks. Our first post Citizens United presidential election. The parties and the super PAC's look to spend more money than The Avengers will gross. More than any election in history.
What's lamentable is how little that money will promote discussion about actual issues. Instead we'll see Karl Rove hit jobs with amazing production values. We'll hear sound bites cribbed and edited so flawlessly most won't realize what's being said is complete bullshit.
It wouldn't be as maddening if there weren't so many serious issues facing us: a limping economy, stubbornly high unemployment, a Congress that will not act to reign in spending or raise revenue. No, we're debating for the 87 millionth time whether Obama is a Kenyan, passages from Obama's books are presented as revelations. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers brought out AGAIN.
I could care less if Romney did cut that kid's hair. He was a teenager. Teenagers do stupid things. In other breaking news, the sun rose today. Why don't we put this pablum aside and discuss how awful his policies are? Why not look past Seamus' trip on the car roof and look at how Romney had to struggle to establish his conservative bona fides e.g. joining the NRA only after getting slammed by the second Amendment crowd.
It's worse on Obama's side. The conservative blogosphere has been on a partisan acid trip for 4 years, cooking up one insane conspiracy after another. Obama's failure to address their lunatic musings has only fueled the chants of 'Cover up!' Who cares what a 1991 literary pamphlet said? Why not talk about Obama's foreign policy being uncomfortably similar to his predecessor's? Instead of enabling Orly Taitz, why not discuss Barack's milquetoast support for gay marriage which only solidified after Biden held his feet to the fire?
We're a better country than this. We're adults and should be having a grown up conservation. Instead we've turned our elections into a reality show. With the amount of information literally at our fingertips, it's almost criminal how poorly informed people are. And how little they seem to care.
But alas, it's an election year. Serious discourse can't help but give way to juicy attack ads and salacious gossip. Maybe a 5 year old Romney let a goldfish die because he forgot to feed it? Maybe a 3rd grade Obama gave a female classmate cooties?
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