Reply #8: Last night, the L. A. news channels were agog... [View All]

[Kutjara]

...with how today's little inquisition would finally pin the candidates down on "the issues of greatest importance to voters." These issues are not, of course, war, poverty, health care, education, or even the economy. Oh no. Apparently, what the average no-job-no-insurance-in-hock-up-to-their-ears voter wants to know is which candidate is the bestest kisser of the Sky Fairy's ass in the whole wide world.

People don't care about what Obama or McCain think about real stuff, apparently; they want to know how much the Presidential contenders believe in made up stuff, for only someone who really truly believes in comforting fantasies has the kind of clear-headed rationality needed to lead a modern superpower.