April 30, 2008

"a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal"


Enough. The mentality of reality television has completely taken over this election. The above quote is from the opening paragraph of today's The New York Times article on Obama and his ex-pastor. In a more intelligent universe, Obama's comments denouncing Rev. Wright (as well as his previous speech on racism) would be the end of the "controversy." But the press loves them some good "drama" so we'll be hearing about this "controversy" until the Democrats pick a winner.

Instead, as the same edition of The New York Times stated on it's editorial pages, we should be having "a serious, healthy and much-needed discussion on race." Not to mention serious discussions about the unwinnable war in Iraq, healthcare, education and the economy.

Ah, fuck it. Let's watch another episode of The Hills instead...

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