Good article by Ron Reagan, Jr.

[SemperEadem]

http://airamerica.com/ronreagan/blog/2008/oct/03/tthe-disturbing-pathetic-reality-presidential-race-you-betcha

The Disturbing, Pathetic Reality of this Presidential Race . . . You Betcha!
By Ron Reagan

A glance at the front page of today's New York Times leaves readers with the impression that last night's vice presidential debate was something of a wash, more or less a tie. Not until you reach the left hand side of the op-ed section do you get a more realistic judgment--Palin was "wildly irresponsible choice," which is nevertheless carefully balanced on the right side (no pun intended) by a David Brooks piece declaring Palin some sort of populist victor.

It's all so drearily predictable.

For major media outlets, there is no upside to acknowledging the obvious: Palin is a know-nothing who should only be permitted into the White House as a tourist; McCain, far from putting "country first," has gambled our lives and futures for personal gain; this race should be declared over.

But that wouldn't do. Tens of millions of viewers are tuning in to these debates, flipping between political chat shows. Think of the ratings! Think of the ad revenue!

Acknowledging that Palin has no business on a national ticket or that John McCain often makes no sense, and frequently resorts to lies, risks derailing the gravy train.

I suspect there is a deeper reason as well, both for media types and the general public: the disturbing, pathetic reality of this presidential race is an indictment not only of our political system but of our sorry dwindling culture as a whole. Our tolerance for the absurdity of the Palin/McCain campaign reflects a dangerous lack of seriousness, a giddy, pudding-headed insistence on addressing even a presidential election with no more attention than we give to snarfing down high fructose cheeze wizzles. Our civic life has become just another narcotizing game show. It's not a pretty sight; no wonder so few are interested in examining it.

Things look relatively good for the Obama campaign at the moment, but with a month to go and media in robotic denial mode, not to mention the hidden "race vote," it is still conceivable that Sarah Palin could get her hands on the nuclear codes.

And that's pretty gorsh darn frightenin', you betcha.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Amazing that such a voice of rationality could have come from the genes that he has.

[liberalmuse]

2. Reagan did a couple of good things during his lifetime.

Ron Jr. and Patti.

[madaboutharry]

3. I think the Obama campaign should start to work

this idea in somehow: Would you feel O.K. if Sarah Palin had her hands on the nuclear codes?

Then the should show a clip from The Daisy Ad that Johnson ran against Goldwater.

[Doctor_J]

7. Just show menacing pics of Putin, bin Laden juxtaposed with ones of her

winking and doing her "folksy slang", refusing to answer questions, and saying "in what respect Charlie?"

Edit - Come to think of it, they wouldn't even have to be menacing. Just show world leaders like Liu and Chavez and Medvedev in their element - serious, dignified, intelligent, oozing gravitas - against her ditziness.

[Faygo Kid]

4. You betcha, indeed. Thanks for posting. Nancy and Ron did something right.

The execrable Michael Reagan must be totally estranged from Ron Jr. and Patti. Unlike Michael, they turned out pretty well, as opposed to Barbara Bush's psychotic brood. Nancy can be proud of them.

[az chela]

5. I have always liked Ron Reagan,he is such a neat guy

I think this article makes a lot of sense as he always does.We need to unite completely against mcsame and failin palin/
GOBAMA

[Boo Boo]

6. Palin/McCain campaign...

nice.

:smoke:

[babylonsister]

8. Kick for a sickening thought. Ron Jr. is a good man. nt

[NoFederales]

9. K&R

NoFederales