[lbo-talk] the depressing thing that is American politics...

[Miles Jackson]

ravi wrote:
> On 24 Jul, 2007, at 19:01 PM, B. wrote:
>> There are just so many fucking good reasons that
>> certain things needs to happen, universal health care
>> one of them, an end in Iraq another -- yet, no matter
>> the brilliance of the salvos fired, they don't. Even
>> when perfectly sound and reasonable reasons are
>> elaborated -- it's just, thanks, but no thanks. And
>> I'm not even blaming leaders for being obstinate,
>> though they're obviously bastards. There is a HUGE
>> amount of the US public that is so entrenched in a
>> facts-be-damned mindset that I have no idea how to
>> even comprehend it, or approach it.
>>
>> And I don't buy any more that the facts just need to
>> get out to people, then everything will take care of
>> itself. <...>
> 
> Here's my half-arsed take on it: the population is divided into a  
> fairly large group that chooses various [biologically and culturally]  
> received criteria over facts ("we trust a bumbling, mistaken Bush  
> over anti-American liberals"), a smaller group of  
> "liberals"/"progressives" who are frustrated  by the fact that facts  
> do not matter, and a tiny bunch of wankers (that would be us -- and  
> no that's not a word from the "blogosphere") who would be irrelevant  
> even if we didn't spend our time beating on each other (no pun  
> intended).
> 
> 	--ravi

I think you have that the other way round: Bush's approval rating 
right now is about 28%, and the majority of the population wants to 
get us the fuck out of Iraq!  No need to assume the minority of the 
U.S. population with their heads up their asses are the "mainstream". 

  (Unless you're a Washington journalist--)

Miles