My OperaSeriously, you just can't make this stuff up.
Friday, January 25, 2008 7:57:41 AM
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005124.php
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Really, that's what it's about. That's the long and the short of it - constantly failing attempts at wrapping juvenile uncontrollable compulsion for the scatological, in intellectual analysis. Worst of all, they're succeeding. They know what they're doing, and they have an audience. I've mentioned it before myself - these kinds of simplifications and excuses for what is "felt" by "the people". Or otherwise known as the way to "appeal to the worst in (the least educated) people", is something that strikes a chord so deep in the american electorate (read: or those who actually vote), that it's simply not doable to ignore the basis for these strategies, the actual pay- off, or the way it functions in shaping the message. Much helped, of course, by the democrats who, truly, have no spine whatsoever.
Now go read the whole thing.
"The more people go to the site, the more people buy the T-shirts," Stone explains.... "The more people buy the T-shirts, the more people wear the T-shirts. The more people wear the T-shirts, the more people are educated. Consequently, our mission has been achieved." Though neither the word itself nor even the acronym is ever mentioned, "it's one-word education. That's our mission. No issues. No policy groups. No position papers. This is a simple committee with an unfortunate acronym...."
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The Standard explains that Stone is "trying to tap into deep-seated sentiments about Clinton that pundits and rival candidates can't articulate."
Really, that's what it's about. That's the long and the short of it - constantly failing attempts at wrapping juvenile uncontrollable compulsion for the scatological, in intellectual analysis. Worst of all, they're succeeding. They know what they're doing, and they have an audience. I've mentioned it before myself - these kinds of simplifications and excuses for what is "felt" by "the people". Or otherwise known as the way to "appeal to the worst in (the least educated) people", is something that strikes a chord so deep in the american electorate (read: or those who actually vote), that it's simply not doable to ignore the basis for these strategies, the actual pay- off, or the way it functions in shaping the message. Much helped, of course, by the democrats who, truly, have no spine whatsoever.
Now go read the whole thing.
