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The political mind: Chameleon credos - Politico.com Print View

The modern presidential campaign is a political junkie’s dream and an average citizen’s nightmare.

One can spend days trying to keep up with a virtual flood of political fact, spin and opinion — categories that are not easily distinguished.

Those simply trying to choose the best person for that tough and critical job must sort through more information than they can reasonably make sense of.

But that's not an option. As little as my individual vote does count, it still counts, and I won't waste it by throwing it in the trash because I'm sick of the overexposed candidates. They've been angling and positioning themselves more than NASCAR racers on their final lap - and they've been doing it for the LAST FOUR YEARS! The Perpetual Campaign cannot be good for our country - but it's what we've got to live with.

And with it, we're seeing the candidates constantly reinventing themselves, like actors trying on different personas, looking for the one that will give them the most votes. (Witness Hillary's second crying spell yesterday. Amazing what you can do with a bit of onion juice on your fingers at the right time, isn't it?) I think that was what attracted me so much to Bush in 2000, he didn't constantly change himself. He felt authentic, and he felt like he had integrity. Whether that was true is up for debate, of course, but can you really say that any of the candidates (aside from perhaps McCain and Romney) haven't been trying to find just that one persona that'll appeal to the most voters - no matter how inauthentic it might be?

Today's Super Tuesday - and I plan on voting after work. Not sure yet who I'm going to vote for, but there's folks I've definitly dumped out of the mix. We'll see what's left.

Hopefully, it'll be someone I can stomach.

J.

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