Politics and the Bloggers

Once in a while I will read Joe Klein's
column in Time. I don't really care for
him as a journalist. I guess I find him
arrogant at times. Used to be more
about stars, but he has shifted more
to politics of late. I don't know when,
because as I said, I don't read him
often. But this last issue I got, I tend
to agree with him.

The story is about how blogging is
effecting the elections. I, too, think
this will be the first Presidential election
that will be greatly affected by bloggers.

To me... not a good thing. While the good
of blogging, political that is, is the instant
of it all. What is said or done, one reads
about it instantly. The bad of blogging is
the instant of it all. Because it doesn't mean
what you read is truth.

As a full blown member of the Cafeteria Party,
it is so confusing to me. The whole media,
from blogging, newspapers, radio, and television.

The Iraq war is a class example. We have the
politicians and our own feelings that this war
is not right. We support our troops, we cry as
we send son, daughters, mothers, fathers, and
even grandparents to fight a war we don't under
stand.

We have people on one side of the street watching
the parade of what is called truth and our President.
Some how those two words are not sounding right in
the same sentence. Anyway, on one side of the street
you have all those who praise the Administration, and
the good that is being done in Iraq. That it is necessary.
Which reminds me of the children's tale of THE EMPEROR
WHO WORE NO CLOTHES... And on the other side is
those of us who look and say the Emperor is naked.

The one side, says everything is ok, we should be
doing this... our President is right no matter what.
Even some of our troops are right there with the
Administration. The other side says, there is
something not right with this. We see bombs
blowing up our troops in their vehicles.

Is this the way it is going, or is this like riots
in L.A. in the 60's where other countries thought our
whole nation was fighting when the truth was
the rest of the country is doing fine?
We see flaws, we are worried about the
out come. What is the truth?

Same thing with the race coming up. We have
all of them spouting what they think people want
to hear. We, for the most part have gotten so we
question what is being said. There is yelling on
both sides. Which some one said a long time
ago, when the yelling starts the reasoning leaves.
It means the person who is yelling has lost their
point, and feels if they yell louder, it will change
the mind of the others. With two sides yelling,
those of us in the middle get more confused, as
we don't see any substance to either side.

So in 2008, if we can even find some one who
is worthy of running, will that person get near
the election? Or with the radicals of both sides
yell so much, blog so much, that person will be
thrown to the way side?

I am not really looking forward to this one. I
feel those of us, of the Cafeteria Party (we pick
from both sides of the aisle) will see those to
chose from, not the best of the crop, but the
best that money could buy. The one that the
bloggers can't find enough dirt to throw. As
both parties, will have their bounty of bloggers.

Where will true be? All the media's have used
their slant for years... blogger will be just another
one...just instant. And sadly believed that the
Emperor will have wonderful clothes on.