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November 16th, 2007Preamble: there was an Earthquake in Chile that has left thousands homeless, killed some and done a ton of damage. I wish there were more that I could do to help but as is, I’ll send my best wishes, hope and karma.
To politics!
I opened my email this morning. Amongst the messages from friends and enemies I had a note from Bill Clinton promising that Hillary was going to kick ass tonight (and would you like to give us some money?). It made me smile: the debate hasn’t happened and the campaigns are spinning all over the Internet; Wolf Blitzer is promising not to go easy on Hillary and everybody knows that the dice are loaded; the game is rigged; the debates are fraud. (Let’s see Tim Russert try to put a time limit on Lincoln and Douglas!)
Karl Rove’s been given a new job as spinmaster for Newsweek, showing us that he is not being courted heavily by Republican candidates (probably because he’s a criminal and he isn’t all that good at his job) so he has to rely on that insidious press to fund his cocaine binges.
Or whatever it is he spends his money on!
One more note on the media, “spin” and the news of today: here’s a Salon article about why the Right-Wing Press supports Giuliani. There are some really sleazy things in there, like Rudy Giuliani’s help in spreading Roger Ailes’ filth all over New York City. Yet another reason to love love love America’s Mayor.