Hmm.  Or we could vote for Cynthia McKinney and get a black woman president!  Ok maybe in my dreamworld but man that would be great.  Meanwhile, I think it’s funny how people still ask me, are you voting for Obama or Clinton.  Um, I already voted!!  There’s no more option … for us anyway.  It’s all other states and superdelegates and whatever other voodoo there is that goes into the DNC choosing their candidate.  The options are going to be the Democratic candidate or McCain or any of a handful of other presidential hopefuls not aligned with either of the CCP’s (Corporate Controlled Parties).

What are you talking about, get rid of Amanda?!?!  She rocks!  Whatever, I guess American Idol is not about rocking, but about … what … middle of the roading?  (and I don’t mean that in a bad way).

@CareyGLY - Cynthia McKinney was harassed for attempting to enter her place of work.  As a United States Representative with 6 terms I think I would be pissed off too if some security dweeb tried to apprehend me.  Then the media ran with it because they benefit from running with stories that defocus the important issues.  They succeeded in pushing someone who fights for truth even further to the fringes where she will have less of a chance of success with her agenda items which are in the interests of the people of this country as opposed to the major corporations who benefit from the war, the broken healthcare industry, and government and media complicity and corruption.  She is one of the people in government who is truly there for the right reasons and doing it in a way that does not compromise her standards.  This of course makes her a target.  In a way that is crazy, but not in the way you’re suggesting.  In another way, it’s far more sane than the approach many of the other politicians take, repeatedly compromising their values in order to have a couple more years in office where they can compromise their values even further.

This whole thing begs the question, was marginalizing Cynthia McKinney a calculated move on their part?   By they I’m talking about the select few who own the media conglomerates and who also own many arms of the war machine and the most “popular” political candidates.  If it were an isolated incident I might be convinced that “oh, they’re just doing what they do and running the shock value stories” but this kind of thing happens every single day.  The important stories are buried or contradicted while the substance-free stories are plastered across the headlines.  

For example, Kucinich talking about a UFO was spotlighted by the media, and even Bill Maher joked about his pointy ears in that context (funny, but nonetheless ridiculous, considering that’s supposed to be a political show!!).  Meanwhile, where were the articles discussing his policies and platform?  For that matter, it’s difficult to find a story of any substance talking about Clinton or Obama.  Now the discussion is only about who can beat a republican, a woman or a black man, not their policies (which mind you are intentionally obfuscated to attract the most voters).  For the first leg of the campaign practically every news story was about their campaign finance and who had more money!  How much more blatant does it have to get?  The thing that gets you into office is not what you stand for but other people’s money!  Take a look at opensecrets.org for a bit and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

PS: You’ll have to endure Amanda for at least another round – lol.