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Wake Me When It’s Over
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Wake Me When It’s Over
<http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2015/08/wake-me-when-its-over.html>

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.
As polished and innocent as this shallow imagery appears, it hides a far
more insidious process.
A far better comparison would be with the delightful humbuggery of the *Wizard
of Oz*. Like Dorothy, we are deceived into confusing fantasy with reality.
And our corporate media refuses to pull back the curtain to expose the
deceit.
*Republicans*
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... *TO READ MORE, GO TO:
http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/ <http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/>*
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