But Davis is not saying "this election is not one hundred per.cent about issues," he's saying "this election has nothing to do with issues, it's all about voters's teevee-driven impressions of candidates's personalities." He's probably correct as a matter of fact. Boy oh boy do I ever see this as a bad thing, and have done so for the last twenty-nine years.
> For one, thinking that politics is only
> about issues and policy is a decidedly masculinist way of
> looking at things, as if biography, bodies, and affect are
> somehow not political.
I don't understand what you mean by "bodies and affect" there.
> For another, since the actual policy differences between
> the two parties is so miniscule, why not, if you are going
> to bother following Washington politics and voting, try to
> find differences that might be substantive or actually
> relate to you.
For a start, the Republicans not only intend to put judges on the Supreme Court who will repeal Roe vs. Wade but also their platform includes a constitutional amendment banning abortion altogether from coast to coast. One does not need to be a starry-eyed Obama fanboy to enormously prefer him to McCain and that gang of horrible freaks he's fronting for.
yrs WDK