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Silly season
Oct. 24th, 2008 11:10 amThey call the end of an election that for a reason, I guess.
First off, Jesus' General has documented some of the people McCain is proud to have at his rallies. (He also directs us to the alarming expose, Jesus Christ: Wrong for America.)
Sure, you say, it's not news that the racists probably migrated into the McCain camp early. But then the New Yorker reports people using the "n-word to declare their support for Obama" and a Republican led focus group finds people who think he used to be a terrorist but hey, if he'll do something about health care... and I really don't know what to think any more. I think the word "demographics" might not mean what we think it does. This phenomenon was also documented in this week's K Chronicles (since this post wouldn't be complete without at least one cartoon).
I'm not going to get into the whole "Joe the Plumber" fiasco, though the last debate devolving into both candidates trying to talk to a theoretical person of dubious existence (something like 2 dozen references to him between them) is sort of the epitome of the term silly season. But with at least one campaign trying to go in all directions at once, it looks like we can expect plenty more of this kind of absurdity in the last week and a half.
I'll close with this, for you gamers out there: the campaign as a campaign. Lots of throw-away references for the serious nerds in there. (And if you're a nerd but not a gamer, maybe you'd like to consider what you would do with $3 trillion instead of have a war.)
Enjoy!
(PS -- I'd give every American household a herd of 125 Angora goats!)
First off, Jesus' General has documented some of the people McCain is proud to have at his rallies. (He also directs us to the alarming expose, Jesus Christ: Wrong for America.)
Sure, you say, it's not news that the racists probably migrated into the McCain camp early. But then the New Yorker reports people using the "n-word to declare their support for Obama" and a Republican led focus group finds people who think he used to be a terrorist but hey, if he'll do something about health care... and I really don't know what to think any more. I think the word "demographics" might not mean what we think it does. This phenomenon was also documented in this week's K Chronicles (since this post wouldn't be complete without at least one cartoon).
I'm not going to get into the whole "Joe the Plumber" fiasco, though the last debate devolving into both candidates trying to talk to a theoretical person of dubious existence (something like 2 dozen references to him between them) is sort of the epitome of the term silly season. But with at least one campaign trying to go in all directions at once, it looks like we can expect plenty more of this kind of absurdity in the last week and a half.
I'll close with this, for you gamers out there: the campaign as a campaign. Lots of throw-away references for the serious nerds in there. (And if you're a nerd but not a gamer, maybe you'd like to consider what you would do with $3 trillion instead of have a war.)
Enjoy!
(PS -- I'd give every American household a herd of 125 Angora goats!)
