[sirchtruth]

The young people who love these American Idol type shows, who have been educated in our dumbed down schools, think of a presidential election in the same vein as they think of the American Idol election.

Hold on Dilbert, let me check with my peeps.

Any of you care to comment on this one before I lay this out! LOL!

[Miss Didi]

Well, now that you ask...I do have an American Idol analogy regarding the elections. Think Season 7 where the judges (Drive-Bys) week after week pushed Little David (wonder boy Barry) on us as the best and the most brilliant. The kid could do no wrong. But in the end America voted in record numbers for the other David (McCain). Sorry, Barry...you lose!

[retrokitten]

Well, I can see his point. I am a sucker for clever advertising and slick packaging normally, BUT I take politics seriously. So, I would never fall for a candidate just because of the way they are portrayed in the media, but we all know there are tons of people who do not take politics as seriously as FReepers. The good news is, most of these young people who are signing up to vote Obama will never actually go to the polls and vote.

I have to go watch, “Too Ugly To Live” on BBC America now (see, there I am getting sucked into a clever advertising!).