pwned

We started the election process too soon. No one is going to remain interested; hell, even I'm not particularly interested. Why isn't Bill Richardson getting any press? He is the single most qualified candidate out there. When was the last time a sitting senator got elected President? Over 40 years ago. How many have tried, since last time? Probably dozens. We just don't like Senators-as-Presidents, apparently (and who can blame us? hello? After Warren G. Harding?).

The political process has been pwned. Results from locally-organized polls (around the country, not just here) seem to show Kucinich or Edwards leading the Democratic hopefuls, while nationally-organized polls all seem -anomalously- to show Clinton or Obama in the lead. Golly, how might that happen? Possibly because publishers are telling their editors to make it so. I don't know, obviously, but here's a hypothesis we can use as a test: now that Obama has sworn off corporate donations, he too will fall away from the lead, leaving Clinton in the lead. If this happens, it would certainly (strongly?) suggest that I'm right. Let's face it: it's a corporate game, and if you don't play in their arena, you don't play.

Please, don't take anyone's word for gospel in this election year. Think for yourself, and don't be shy about it, talk to your friends/co-workers/neighbors about it. Take the selection process back from the mainstream media: we don't need them to have a conversation.