Comments on: Permalection

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:24:16 +0000

Re “airborne swine” … go see the movie “Children of Men”, it’s pretty good.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:23:07 +0000

I actually yelled out loud at the TV when I saw that highlight: “Jeff Greenfield, you should be ashamed of yourself!”

Of course, I’m stewing in this crap all day at work. Fortunately I don’t have to watch and generally there’s no sound leaks into my airspace, but I still have to run the gantlet every time I walk somewhere else in the building.

And this might be small comfort, but the reason there’s so much coverage right now is because generally all the candidates need to declare themselves by the end of February. So there’s lots of maneuvering for issues (and money) right now. It might calm down after Feb. Then again, CNN’s holding a debate in April so they’ll likely hype the crap out of that for weeks prior.

By: hugh

hugh — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:55:23 +0000

“…New media pioneer David Slusher refused to rule our a run for office in 2008, suggesting that a sighting of airborne swine would be sufficient grounds for him to enter the presidential race…”

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:32:57 +0000

Another Amen! Like Ken, my TV watching is mostly weather.

By: Ken Nelson

Ken Nelson — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:53:41 +0000

Amen. I was listening to NPR on the commute home tonight; even they felt it necessary to mention how any declared/undeclared/wannabe’s position on the resolution against the Iraq “surge” would impact their declared/undeclared/wannabe presidential prospects.

I found the weather and traffic on the local news station much more timely and useful.

-k-

By: grayarea

grayarea — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:52:24 +0000

amen, brother. even when a politician appears on a political tv show and is asked a yes-or-no question, he/she rephrases the question in their answer to avoid stating a yes-or-no position on the issue. good lord–we can’t even debate anything anymore. it’s just about who has better hair. (and you know by just looking at me that i don’t care a rat’s hindparts about hair. )

By: Ego

Ego — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:14:09 +0000

I completely agree. And you probably already know that it’s nearly impossible to find out what candidates stand for. You mentioned how their positions are not reported on the “news.” Good luck even find their positions on the candidates’ own web sites! You are right that it is more like American Idol than a democratic process. It’s frustrating, to say the least.