The elections mean many things to many people. Individuals react with their unique interests and prejudices. Some will spin reactions for effect. Some will be spun in the reporting. The media is entertainment after all.
For me this election was more about things here in the US than it was about Iraq. It was about accountability for flagrant opportunism. For selling out faith, patriotism, and our future. No doubt every group encounters these temptations but this band has shown themselves to be without self control. I voted for them yet am more than happy they were shown the door. With some luck, and perhaps a less distractable public, here's hoping the next group does slightly better. It sure doesn't seem like we have much slack left in our bag of tricks.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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