Syndicate and Hague

Megan and I can hardly listen to the radio anymore without feeling so frustrated we have to turn it off and hope by the time we turn it back on that the media is done finding angry Clinton supporters to sound off and give them fun and ridiculous soundbites. It’s almost impossible to listen to the discussions of anything Michelle Obama does because it comes back to questions of “Do you think she was patriotic enough? How can she convince people she doesn’t hate America?”

Let me tell you now - there is absolutely nothing Michelle Obama can do that will get the pundits to stop asking that question, just as there is nothing Barack Obama can do to stop the media from dwelling on the drama that they continue generating about the small but vocal number of Clinton supporters who threaten to support a candidate who opposes almost everything their candidate believed in.

So you know people question Michelle’s patriotism, Barack’s “Americanness,” whether Hillary’s supporters will support a Republican rather than vote for Obama.

What else do you know? How are you being educated about the differences between the candidates in this race? (Boy, are there differences!) Well, your humble blogger has had it. From now until the election, I will be giving a weekly analysis of a specific issue and how the two candidates differ. It’s time to talk about what matters and the petty dramas that find themselves at the top of the media cycle are not what’s most important. Most important are what are the candidates’ values and what are their visions for our country - and how do they plan to implement those visions.

Look for Part I of this handy guide to McCain vs. Obama on the issues this Sunday.

I’m getting bogged down in trying to improve my tag cloud.  Unfortunately, that “work” thing that I have to do takes precedence.  Dammit.

A moment, though, on my funny day yesterday.  Nothing pulls in the viewers like a little maniacal raging…but when there aren’t really any consequences, speaking your mind isn’t really a brave/innovative thing.  I doubt I’d have written a similarly vituperative post about the academic hand that feeds me–I can be critical, sure, but boy I was just furious yesterday!

That said, I think I was validly angry/annoyed/mortified…so nothing has really changed.

In completely unrelated news, Twin Cities citizens better get ready to hide because not only are the RNC and Ron Paulites coming to town, so is Ralph Nader. Sigh. My plan is to hide in my non-destination neighborhood and hope things don’t get explosive.