The View

[chuck]

It's clips like this that scare me a little. Well, to be honest, the View in general is just plain scary.

But it's the blind devotion to the bullshit - and the irrelevancy of the concerns on display - in this case Elisabeth Hassleback's POV - that I think are at the core of why this election is so important.

People like her just give me the shits - because they appear to be relatively intelligent - and can obviously read - but apparently have no capacity to discern or discriminate - or even to consider not just opposing points of view, but their own thinking about an issue. They parrot the line - never questioning.

I'm really surprised Whoopi just didn't get up and clothesline her.

Because it is bullshit - and McCain-Palin are milking it right to the end. I get afraid that the 50% that voted for Bush in 04 - will just roll with it again and the US will get what they deserve. Again.

I think some of our politicians and our public in NZ are much the same - our election is on November 8th. And the opposition party is lots of soundbite and fluff eg. "Life means Life" - but vapid and pathetic when it comes to actual policy.

Unfortunately they're likely to get in - not because they offer anything more than the government - but because the good old Kiwi way is to give everyone a go - and this Labour government has been in power for 8 years, so let's give the other fellows a go.

Ugh - sometimes humans are so stupid.