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[winneganfake]

Y'know what? Shut the fuck up about fucking Palin. Fuck talking about her, shut the fuck up about her moose-hunting, slack-jawed buddies that she hired to fill her gubernatroial cabinet, and shut the fuck up about her cute little American foibles.

Why? Because the more you talk and bitch about her, the more you're playing their game. It's an "any press is good press," tactic, simply because while the VP nom is still making the front page, the good speeches and quotes, the actual campaign itself, is getting buried under layer after layer of character attacks. So yes, feel the anger about Palin. Let it burn.  Let it fester. Get riled up about it, by all means. But stop letting her overshadow the fucking dialogue! And I'm not just talking about the press here- I mean everything- stop bitching about her in emails, LJ posts, etc. You're giving her press- you should stop that. Start digging- find the real fucking campaign, and start sharing info on that, rather then adding another shovelful of manure to the Palin pile. Get this fucking thing back under control.

And no, I'm not meaning don't post about her period. But come on people- we're supposed to be capable of seeing through this bullshit ourselves, and here we are doing nothing but posting about OMG WE HATE PALIN! Give the media a fucking clue, and start posting about the stuff we actually want to see getting covered in the election instead.




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Comments

[jedimomma.livejournal.com]

Maybe the bitch-slapping the market took today will yank things back into line. I saw gen-u-ine substantive articles today about the bank crisis and the candidates.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

I'd hope and agree with you, but I'm honestly worried that the dumb animal known as the General American Electorate will do it's usual "Duh... what's economics? We're scared of complex numbers and don't think they have anything to do with us!"

[jedimomma.livejournal.com]

Erg. Yeah. Maybe they'll wise up when they get their deposits yanked by failed banks as collateral for shitty loans from the Fed. (No, that doesn't necessarily make sense yet--I'm working up to a post on it later which might, one hopes, be clearer. Suffice it to say "American Public = No More Bank Money".)

[porkshanks.livejournal.com]

an excellent point.

I've felt this way for a while about the whole system though... I just don't honestly think there's any way we are ever going to wrestle things back to sanity.

I'm also hoping I'm proven completely wrong here.