Thursday, August 14, 2008

Udall Enthusiasts Outside My Window


I'm looking out my window at work and see a number of white folks in white tee-shirts screaming and holding signs that say "Udall. They are pumping the swaggering signs like enthusiastic masturbaters. Presumably they think they represent something politically intriguing. Unfortunately, their signs fail to indicate what they stand for other than "UDALL."

Udall.

This is precisely what's wrong with U.S. politics. Its grounded in enthusiastic representation without content.

"Fire Fighters for Udall" just rode up. Their shirts are yellow. They appear, from my vantage point, to be all white. In Five Points, Denver's historic black neighborhood, dozens of white enthusiasts with white signs and a big white truck with no messaging other than "Udall" seems no more meaningful than a white piece of paper with nothing on it other than Udall.

Another white man appears with another sign with another name. U.S. political process is an embarrassing farce. For me, I prefer content to screaming enthusiasts with words like Udall.

All we have in the U.S. is empty branding, corporate candidates, and a zombie like public that occasionally gets involved

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