Morford: Why Don't Americans Care? Do you know who Halliburton is? Dick Cheney?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/6/04 | Mark Morford

[MikalM]

Let's be honest. Percentage-wise, few people in America really give much of a crap about what's going on in the hallowed halls of politics and power.

This is what we in the media and maybe you in the media-consuming audience tend to forget far too easily: This country is simply jam-packed with millions of people who have no time for, or interest in, politics, or media, or environmental policy, or education, or global issues, or which presidential candidate lied his ass off about which aspect of his military career and which Orange Alert is totally bogus and how many soldiers are dying for what imbecilic war.

It seems hard to believe. But the general rule of thumb is that major cities are slightly more attuned due to aggressive media saturation and how issues tend to make themselves known more urgently, more immediately, whereas Middle America is a scattershot conglomeration of the politically apathetic and the actively disenfranchised, full of people far too busy with their lives and kids and jobs and zoning out on "Fear Factor" and "Monday Night Football" to care about following the elitist, ever dire dramas playing out on the nation's gilded stages.

Most Americans, in other words, have no idea what the hell a Halliburton is. Or a Karl Rove. Or a Donny "Shriveled Soul" Rumsfeld. Or a Lockheed Martin. Or a Carlysle Group. Or have any idea that Saddam had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11. Or that WMDs were never found. Or that President Bush has taken more vacation time than any president in U.S. history. Or that Jesus thinks Dubya is "sort of a dink." Or where Iraq is on a map...

[newgeezer]

few people in America really give much of a crap

Not very long ago, the word "crap" wouldn't be allowed in a real newspaper.

[Hugin]

LOL. If only the yokels in flyover country were as knowldgable and enlightened as the denzions of San Francisco.

[ModelBreaker]

Ashcroft wants to scan their email and tap their phones and suck the pith from their souls.

Are we projecting again? Allegorically speaking that is.

[WakeUpAndVote]

"Wake up, America!" The age-old cry of the losing candidate... ;)



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Gee, I didn't think I was a kool-aid drinker...... /sarcasm on username.

[ErnBatavia]

You two are gonna have to turn in your badges...

[jrushing]

have no idea what the hell a Halliburton is.

I find it funny that liberals who invoke the name "Halliburton" expect a reaction of fear, loathing, & hatred. I just don't see what the big deal is.

[Skooz]

Morford's love doll:

[BureaucratusMaximus]

You two are gonna have to turn in your badges...

As long as we get paid leave... ;)

[Zathras]

Like I said on the "Oliphant" thread.
Sounds like Morford and Oliphant are flirting with each other.

[wjcsux]

This guy is a real whack job.

[judywillow]

The basic reality as I understand it is that Haliburton is now performing functions which the US military used to be able to perform for itself but no longer can as a result of the massive cuts during the Clinton regime, and which nobody and nothing else on the planet can perform anymore.

I wish somebody would say that in one of the debates.

[wjcsux]

Hey Markie! You had better start getting ready for November 3rd!

[jeffc]

whereas Middle America is a scattershot conglomeration of the politically apathetic and the actively disenfranchised, full of people far too busy with their lives and kids and jobs and zoning out on "Fear Factor" and "Monday Night Football"

Is he referring to those of us in fly-over country?

[hosepipe]

Ah! Mark Morford.. the heart and soul of San Fransico...
(to any newbies) That was a curse and indictment...

[fight_truth_decay]

Edwards implied that Cheney was in charge of the company when it did business with Libya in violation of US sanctions, but that happened long before Cheney joined the company. In 1995, before Cheney joined the company, Halliburton pled guilty to criminal charges that it violated the U.S. ban on exports to Libya and said it would pay $3.81 million in fines. Those violations dated back to 1987 and 1990. FactCheck.org

[RichInOC]

I thought that in some neighborhoods of The City, he was considered the San Francisco treat.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Sounds like Morford and Oliphant are flirting with each other.

Ah that Boston to San Francisco long distance muskrat love.

[trentk]

Funny that these same MSM whores bank on Americans not caring when they're trying to get one of their own (Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Hillary) elected.

Wasn't Haliburton in Bosnia back during Bill Clinton's watch?

[OldFriend]

Yes, my son was deployed to a base in Hungary as support for the Bosnia mission. EVERYTHING was supplied by Halliburton and he never ever had a single problem with anything ordered. Always on time, always exactly as he ordered. No one had a complaint....but then it was Dick CHeney's Halliburton then.

I cannot speak for now.

[OESY]

Why Don't Americans Care? Do you know who Halliburton is?

Halliburton? That's so yesterday.

The real question is, Why doesn't Morford care about today's scandal: Franklin Raines at Fannie Mae?

He's a Democrat? Oh, never mind. Same ole, same ole.