Brilliant Analysis from New Donkey

[tomfodw]

http://www.newdonkey.com/2004/08/bad-night-for-logic.html

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"There was a kind of rough logic to the McCain and Guiliani speeches, however. These guys basically disagree with Bush on just about everything other than his decision to invade Iraq. So in order to make the case for his re-election, they had to pretend that's the only issue that really matters. Never mind that about half the delegates they were addressing think abortion or gay marriage is the only issue that matters, while the other half get up in the morning determined to abolish the income tax and destroy the federal government. I'm beginning to think that Bush's main political asset is to serve as the empty vessel for other people's obsessions." {emphasis mine}

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There's a science fiction novel, The Return of the Emperor, by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch, in which the eponymous Emperor, in the course of making his return, lands on a thoroughly corrupt planet where he becomes a major campaign consultant, helping one party basically steal the election from the other party by finding an attractive but shallow candidate (referred to as "The Dummy") who can articulate attractive but shallow platitudes while the money behind him creates a machinery to heist the votes. Sound familiar?