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Old 08-21-2008, 04:20 AM   #67 (permalink)
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all these are obviously television-effects. anything---a slip of the tongue to a gross misstatement of fact---repeated enough times for us the willing recipients of this sort of "data" becomes significant. sadly, information about actual policies does not seem to fit into the 10 second format, and so you know far less about where either of the candidates actually stands and what either proposes to do if elected than you know about the string of fuck ups each generates.

when this appalling sporting event of a primary process started seemingly at the end of the ice age, i briefly thought that there were important matters at stake in this election and that because there were important matters at stake maybe maybe a focus on substantial questions and positions would follow from that.

i dont see what mc-cain has to offer as a candidate and cannot image how it is possible that after 8 years of the bush administration that the republicans have any chance at all of getting another term in control of the presidency. and i would think that conservatives would be kinda pissy about the way the adverts that his campaign is running treats them--as little pavlov experiments, able to be mobilized with the push of some buttons (taxes bad---manly man good)....

but i also don't think we're in the election phase yet--i think we're in a strange kind of fantasy land which, if you step out of it for a minute, is obviously by television and for television with the main purpose of keeping you focussed for the delivery of vital advertisements which will enable you to determine what other commodities you might want in order to help you best express your all important individuality as an american.


yet it continues.
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