Too Fit for Office
Pams House blend Aug 08 08
It's come to this. The long downward slide may not end here, but it's brought us what should - if we're lucky - be the nadir of American politics: a point at which characteristics that in any other circumstances would be admirable in just about anyone are actually undesirable if that person is running for president.
Never mind being unfit for office. It's now entirely possible to be too fit for office.
Call this "exhibit A."
Truth be known, it's not like we only just arrived at this point. I was clear to me that we were there when a television news program devoted several agonizing minutes to discussion focused on one question: Do we really need the president to be smart? And there was doubt as to the answer. Full story...
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Speeches, speeches... including Barack Obama's
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Noam Chomsky on the Election Coverage
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"The campaign is run by the same people who sell toothpaste, exactly the same PR agencies. And when they sell a candidate they do it the exact same way they sell a lifestyle drug.
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