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Monday, October 01, 2012

On Prez campaigns

"...For these crucial roles, they must both become card-carrying deficit-slashers, tax cutters, retarders of government growth, job creators, preservers of Medicare, national-security funders par excellence, fierce defenders of Israel, and men ready to do whatever must be done to prevent Iran from going nuclear. They must, that is, become perfect fictions. And though the debates are still upcoming, both presidential candidates recently had an out-of-town preview on “60 Minutes,” where, interviewed separately, each confirmed one crucial thing: that it’s possible to spend a great deal of time on TV and tell an audience almost nothing..."


Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, A Recipe for American Decline That No One Will Be Debating



Gee, I wonder why my teevee is just a sittin' there collectin' dust?

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