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Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout
It's bizarre (my word of the week).
It never ceases to amaze me - the propensity for politicians of every political colour to assume that we can't see through what they say and do.
I sometimes find myself wondering if that is because the vast majority of the population really are so dumb that they can't see through it, or just don't care enough to question any given political line. Or maybe it is just that, if they say something enough times, they think they will convince us?
People must have pretty much made up their minds who they are going to be voting for. It strikes me that those who are still undecided are likely to be the more intelligent rather than the less intelligent - people who really want to look at policies and ideologies of the candidates. And these are the people least likely to be bludgeoned by this kind of double-speak, imo.
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if they never, ever, ever, EVER cop to their cynical strategizing, then theres still an allowance somewhere that they might be saying what they're doing. yes, its transparent, but i kinda, sorta, oh-god-do-i-wanna believe that he might go there with the intent of assesing it thoughtfully and come back saying something new and workable.
i made up my mind by the time the cali primary rolled around, but, and this is weird, recently i just dont fucking know. it's... too good. i saw a t-shirt for sale using the obama type saying "prepare to be disappointed", the sidebar reading, the sooner we accept that he isnt jesus then we can see that even the most inspiring politician is still a politician."
which is a great response to my sudden reservation about him. maybe it's that one pandering gesture too many. maybe its how he says contradicting statements with ease to differeing crowds. maybe because he's getting comfortable. maybe its the realization that their whole "lets just get a decent guy in office you guys" vibe is just another angle that a couple managers hit on brilliantly...
i dunno....