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<span style="font-size:large">Mainstream commentators-- both
liberal and conservative-- would like us to believe that Presidential
contests are like beauty pageants. Primaries allow the two-party
“beauties” to appear before the judges (the voters) to show their
wares. Televised debates are meant to expose the contestants’
political personalities. And, in the fine tradition of
high-school-civics-book democracy, the people are allowed to decide
the winners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:large">As polished and innocent as this
shallow imagery appears, it hides a far more insidious process. 
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<span style="font-size:large">A far better comparison would be
with the delightful humbuggery of the <i>Wizard of Oz</i>. Like
Dorothy, we are deceived into confusing fantasy with reality. And our
corporate media refuses to pull back the curtain to expose the
deceit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:large"><b>Republicans</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:large">Take the Republican primary, for
example. With 16 (or more) candidates announced as primary
contestants, it looks like the textbook-picture of democracy: a
political flavor for every Republican. Of course the truth is that
most of the candidates have no hope of winning the nomination, but do
hope to gain political advantage, jobs, or future consideration. Many
candidates appeal to the storm troopers of the Republican Party, the
angry bigots, religious zealots, and unhinged war mongers; these
forces serve as a social base for a future fascism... <font color="#38761d"><font size="4"><i><b>TO READ MORE, GO TO:  <a href="http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/">http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/</a></b></i></font></font></span><br></div>