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Well, tdbach, finally, finally, you are right about one thing: That you are wrong.

Thank you for sharing your Rorschach test. You’ve gazed long and hard at the scene before us and now we know what you see. That you see a butterfly where I see a human profile, mirrored, is not terribly instructive for anyone else, unless they’re really into butterflies.

“[Hillary’s] desire is to ‘win’ at any cost.” Really? And you know this how? Because ‘everyone’ says it? I mean, look! She’s trying to win, she’s questioning Obama’s credentials!

And Obama? He’s ‘less so.’ He is the embodiment of possibility and promise, of a purer form of leader. Really? He doesn’t play the old right-wing meme that the Clintons are unscrupulous liars and the dirtiest of politicians – anything to win – to win? Is he doing it to philosophize about the state of national dialog?

In another comment string to a different article, I suggested you were a right-wing troll. I guess I was wrong. Now it appears you were dissing Maria Cocco’s article about unequal pay, not because you think unequal pay is a good thing, but because she has written articles in the past that have been favorable to Clinton and critical of Obama.  I guess I’ve been fooled by your eager appropriation of right-wing propaganda when it suits your purpose. I should have taken a longer view. You’re not one of the Right Wing, you’re just someone who’s as profoundly naive as they are.

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Wright is a non issue, only those benfiting from the ‘controversay’ are playing it up as a ‘telltale sign’ .this is th e same BS having been played out for decades- ‘Gays will cause mass destruction to the Family unit’, ‘Liberals hate Blue collar workers’ ‘Terrorist could live next door’ Yada yada yada.
WE WANT REAL ANSWERS AND ACTIONS ABOUT- the economy , the Wars, The corp and Gov’t Crimes which have undermined our countries very foundation. We want those Responsible for this Treason, War Crimes and Crimes agaisnt Humanity over the last 4 decades, Tried, Convicted and PUNISHED. We want the Truth to be brought to light.Not th e30 second blurb ‘Countdown ‘afford US -with endless meaningless Crap for the other 55 mins. Rehashing Media personalities self congradualting pats on the Back (I only say ‘Countdown’ because the other are PURE CRAP)it whould focus on the REAL issues that face this country- “Countdown” To Mass Trials. We want a NEW REALITY Show- Decades worth of Evidence is available in the Archives.Abrams should be using that ‘Law Degree’ to try these case in the Public Square- A antional Public Defender, since our DOJ is culpable, along with the so called SCOTUS.
the Audacity to use such a vile egomaniac as Buchanan as a representive of anything other then the Twisted Old F*ck and Andrea Mitchell as anything other then a loyal Wife to a national Criminals is OUTRAGEOUS- just as deceptfully as Georgie- the Clinton wonder boy being proclaimed a “mderator’ on ABC’s Candidate Debate. How stupid do they think we Are? I am insulted daily by the media Crap!Adn I pay for this Sh*t wherther I like it or Not- just so I can get History, CSPAN or Discovery Channels.Corp whores work our Communication avenues like two bit hookers

Is this election a whole lot of abuse of the word, substance, in rhetoric, or what?

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TDoff, what a great comment! 

Given the outcome of the ‘04 presidential election, I really don’t have much faith in the judgement of the ‘we.’ Much of the Western world threw up its hands in disbelief at that outcome branding the American electorate, idiots. That’s about right. Idiots elect idiots.

When one’s goal is not to accomplish great things, but to ‘win’; not to create things of value, but to ‘win’; not to live a worthwhile life, but to ‘win’; and ‘winning’ is defined as convincing a very diverse mob to vote a certain way, then:
1. One sets up focus groups, and does polls, and studies psychological sales techniques, to determine what will ‘work’ to make specific sub-groups of the ‘mob’ act in a certain way, and
2. One does whatever is necessary, says whatever is deemed expedient, acts however is determined to be ‘best’, to create the result desired, the ‘win’.

In short, one becomes a fake, creates an illusion that seeks to embody all the desires of the mob, and, in this hypocritical process, puts aside, in fact shuns, one’s reality.

Hillary has become expert at this, her desire is to ‘win’ at any cost. Should she lose as president, she can aspire to an Oscar,

Obama is less so, he is at a crossroads, trying to determine how much of himself to sublimate in order to ‘win’. For our sake (and his), I hope he maintains his idealism, his true personal values, and shows them.

And I hope that we, the ‘mob’, for once have the good sense to take a chance, turn our backs on the ‘you gotta go along to get along’ political travesty of our history, and strive for what we could be, rather than what we are.

EJ, have faith in Obama to make this a big election. Hillary couldn’t motivate the population any more than Dick Cheney. I think everyone will be really surprised under an Obama presidency.

First, maybe everyone is just fucking tired of petty bickering in the face of fundamental and systemic issues facing us.  It can’t be a “big” election if the people running make it small…and the media makes it smaller by focusing on bowling scores and beer with the boys.

Second, what would make it “big” is untouchable - politically.  These candidates aren’t going to speak unvarnished truths to the American people.  Truth equals political suicide, either because the American people really don’t want to hear it or because the candidates’ corporate handlers will yank their leashes.

The land of pleasant living likes its dreams; this election is nothing more than choosing which snooze button to press.

This campaign is not only about candidates’ but about voters’ own opinions. Having had to face up to theirs and US society’s racist undercurrents has been exhausting even though it is only beginning.

But what E.J. Dionne and voters are still incapable of is facing up to their own and society’s ongoing ingrained sexism in this first-ever campaign with a woman as the most-likely-to-succeed presidential candidate.

interesting analysis, although you are buying unquestioningly into campaign spin when you refer to Hillary as ‘battle tested’ (two senate campaigns?)and ‘vetted’. (When it comes to the general election ALL of the trash about her from the prior Clinton term, like the White House Travel Office, Vince Foster, Rose Law Firm billing records, Lincoln Bedroom, yadda yadda yadda will be dragged back out by the 527s.  Obama couldn’t afford to go that negative, but the Swiftboaters will have no hesitation at all)

You are weary, stale, flat and unprofitable.