The election, still almost a year away, is the most talked about subject when it comes to "news". (Which is why taking the "news" in very small doses, spaced a couple of days apart, is probably a good idea.) There is some serious weirdness going on with the coverage of this upcoming debacle of democracy.
One is the breathlessness, the shear "little-girl-giddiness" that underlines the stories. One would think that the most important event that has ever happened in the history of the cosmos is about to unfold. Part and parcel of the giddiness is that the talkers clearly don't have much of a clue. There is only one real story that matters this election; Democrat, Republican, Independent, Third party, what ever. The only thing that the American people really need to know about any candidate this election is, where is the money coming from?
The Supreme Court of the United States has ensured that this election will be an orgy of graft, corruption, and influence peddling. Rivers of dirty money will ensure that the winner of the election will be bought and paid for. Who is buying any particular candidate is the most important, indeed the only, information that matters. In the (claimed) immortal words of Mr. Deep Throat - bane of the corrupted Nixon administration - "Follow the money."
And it needs to be detailed information. Some truth obscuring name for a political action committee is not enough. American Crossroads, America's Family First Action Fund, Club for Growth Action, but I couldn't find one named, "We buy ugly Politicians" though that might be closer to the truth. Who are the people behind the PAC, what is their agenda, how many will end up in the administration? Unfortunately it takes serious investigative journalism to uncover such details. The best we can do in America is talking heads.
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