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Why do I say this? It is not a secret that Rove and Co. are fantastic at campaigning. They are. They also seem pretty damn good at playing dirty tricks. They know how to present issues they know the media will not challenge.
For the last week and a half I have watched speech after speech by McCain and his VP which are nothing but lies. Statements which are not true about their own record. Lie after lie after lie. Things which are simply, not true.
The mainstream media does not call them on it, at all. The only places I hear about it are online forums, the Daily Show and Air America/Nova M, which is not very popular.
The American public is mostly uneducated and unmotivated to dig into politics, they take what they hear at face value.
McCain is going to win……
America is going down the crapper, it makes me sad. I’d say “What will I possibly do if McCain wins?” but of course there is nothing I can do I am not going to say I’ll flee the country or go to Canada, nothing like that. When the supposedly representative government I am subject to no longer seems representative however, I am forced to question if the social contract holds up. The masses have no idea at all about the politics, the issues or the history of the issues and they are going to be tricked into voting for McCain.
The Democrats should be running add after add of McCain making statements now and then sound bites of him saying the exact opposite in the past…. but they won’t,, I have no idea why not-do they want to lose?
Essentially, woe is me, I despair.
I think McCain is going to win through a combination of better campaigning and election fraud, the sort which has been going on for years, composed of independent actors and various sorts of conspiracies(none of them very large).
I give speculative thought to leaving the country but a few things hold me back.
1. Patriotism. I feel like it has been betrayed, but I still do love my country, or the idea of my country, anyway.
2. Where would I go? I only speak English well enough to survive, which limits where I would go. I may not be able to financially support myself someplace else. Other places are not neccesarily any better off.
3. Economics. I am still paying off my student loans, I cannot possibly afford to uproot myself.
I expect a true economic collapse or some catastrophe to happen in America within 15 years, possibly sooner. By catastrophe I mean serious economic trouble or a "real" war, or a fall towards facism(which may take longer).
For the last week and a half I have watched speech after speech by McCain and his VP which are nothing but lies. Statements which are not true about their own record. Lie after lie after lie. Things which are simply, not true.
The mainstream media does not call them on it, at all. The only places I hear about it are online forums, the Daily Show and Air America/Nova M, which is not very popular.
The American public is mostly uneducated and unmotivated to dig into politics, they take what they hear at face value.
McCain is going to win……
America is going down the crapper, it makes me sad. I’d say “What will I possibly do if McCain wins?” but of course there is nothing I can do I am not going to say I’ll flee the country or go to Canada, nothing like that. When the supposedly representative government I am subject to no longer seems representative however, I am forced to question if the social contract holds up. The masses have no idea at all about the politics, the issues or the history of the issues and they are going to be tricked into voting for McCain.
The Democrats should be running add after add of McCain making statements now and then sound bites of him saying the exact opposite in the past…. but they won’t,, I have no idea why not-do they want to lose?
Essentially, woe is me, I despair.
I think McCain is going to win through a combination of better campaigning and election fraud, the sort which has been going on for years, composed of independent actors and various sorts of conspiracies(none of them very large).
I give speculative thought to leaving the country but a few things hold me back.
1. Patriotism. I feel like it has been betrayed, but I still do love my country, or the idea of my country, anyway.
2. Where would I go? I only speak English well enough to survive, which limits where I would go. I may not be able to financially support myself someplace else. Other places are not neccesarily any better off.
3. Economics. I am still paying off my student loans, I cannot possibly afford to uproot myself.
I expect a true economic collapse or some catastrophe to happen in America within 15 years, possibly sooner. By catastrophe I mean serious economic trouble or a "real" war, or a fall towards facism(which may take longer).
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