Debra wrote:
> I don't understand this. It sounds like a right-wing talk radio
>statement. As soon as things are not easily going the >Republicans' way,
the right-wingers
> start blaming the mainstream media.
Maybe I'm just getting too old - I'm sick of the constant spin, bias and
excuses which is facilitated by the media on a 24 hour basis. I hear the
media pundits start ranting with ideas on how to fight the situation in
Florida and a few hours later, I hear some lawyers on some show saying they
are going to sue, etc. It's like the media advances these ideas and then
everyone picks up on them as gospel truth, irregardless of what the laws
are, whether state or federal, and irregardless of what the truth is. Yuck.
Here's a news story I heard today on the esteemed NPR - the voters in
Richard Daley, Jr.s (Gore's sampaign manager and spokesman) precinct also
used a "butterfly" ballot. How ironic! All I will say as far as the
Electoral College goes is that I think all adult Americans should go back
and take an American Government refresher course. We are a *Republic* -
that's why our name is the "United STATES". Even though some people think
it is logical to have the one with the most numbers win, that could
eventually lead to the minority of states with the most population getting
preferential treatment over the rest of the other states. How would you
feel if you lived in Wyoming or Montana or Utah but New York and California
voters determined your destiny? And then people yell about the
disenfranchised voters in Florida.
Yes, I'm very frustrated but it is not over who will ultimately win as
President. Whoever gets in is irrelevant compared to the slurs, sleaze and
misinformation we are bombarded with on a daily basis and which seems to be
lapped up eagerly and unquestioningly by the average American citizen.
Kakki, feeling like I live in an Orwellian Wonderland anymore
