Who does this quote sound like it's from?

[ButterflyBlood]

Vote in the poll before scrolling down to read who it's from:

"In their quest for larger audiences and greater profits the commercial media predictably races to the lowest and basest standards, with ever more blatant displays of violence, sex, crassness, and nihilism on television, cable, movies, radio, video games, and music. Our society, even 10 or 20 years ago, would not have tolerated such youth-beamed depravity. These are the motivations that relentlessly drive the creation, production, and marketing of ever more Doom, Quake, Basketball Diaries, Marilyn Mansons, Mortal Kombat I and II and III and IV, Jerry Springers, Howard Sterns, South Parks, and the rest of it.

This poison has got to stop. Enough is enough."

So who said it?





































RALPH NADER!

If only the Democrats in the past made more use of the fact that Nader is really another modern-day fun-hating Puritan who has frequently sided with the religious right on such issues (and gambling). He is no true progressive activist, just another control freak (not a surprise, considering his ego)

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Hillary Clinton?

[greyl]

5. That's what I was thinking because of her run in with the Grand Theft Auto

"Hot Coffee" mod. ;)

Glad it was Nader, instead.

[damntexdem]

6. Well, I liked Grand Theft Walruss.

That one hit a Homer!

As for the quote, the American media is a cesspool, and all that is surprising is that people still act surprised at that. But if we're to go after porn in the media, we should start with political porn, like Faux News.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Golly. Another fun-filled and totally irrelevant Nader-bashing.

Isn't great hating Ralph Nader? Maybe we can dance on his grave when he's dead? Or why wait -- maybe you could arrange his death?

P.S. Who's responsible for the maturity ratings on our music? It isn't Ralph.

[MADem]

4. Well, it was a stupid thing for him to say. He does say a lot of stupid things.

He does a lot of stupid things too. He was all downhill after UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED, IMO. He shoulda stuck to consumer issues--he had credibility there.

Instead, now, it's all about Ralph. Whining, spoiling, attention-seeking Ralph. His hubris knows no bounds.

Hate, though, requires an emotional investment. It's just not worth 'investing' in Ralph.

[damntexdem]

7. I disagree:

it didn't seem fun-filled to me.

[MADem]

3. An egomaniac. NT

[Buzz Clik]

8. If we're going to be consistent, you need to blast Tipper Gore, too.

Anybody?

[Quantess]

9. As a teen, I remember Tipper Gore in the 1980s.

She was very vocal and active about dirty song lyrics. I would never have guessed on my own that some of those song lyrics were dirty. I remembered discussing her list of "nasty" songs with my teenaged pals, being surprised to learn what those songs were really about. The irony is that Tipper Gore explained what the lyrics meant, and made us all have "dirty" thoughts circling in our heads, in an aha moment.