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There Really Is One Born Every Minute.

I was watching a video earlier today. Posted on Yuwie. OK, it was actually linked from elsewhere, so the person who posted it probably is not the one who put the video together. Anyway, enough disclaimer…..

The video is supposed to be David Letterman interviewing President George Bush. To make a long story short, the video makes Bush look like a bigger idiot than most people think he is already. The majority of people will probably look at this and think, “Way to go Letterman. You really put him in his place.”

But, did he?

Now, I was in the television business for a few years way back when. My primary job producing local programming, so I know my way around the editing booth. The first time I saw this, I was thinking to myself, “Wait a minute - there’s something wrong with this.”

So, I watched it again.

Guess what?

This was two interviews put together to look like one. One of the interviews was probably not even with the President. These are the tell-tale signs I saw watching it a second time:

When David Letterman seems to be preaching, or going off on whoever he is talking to — George Bush is not in the picture. At these times Letterman is wearing a red tie with diagonal stripes (reps).

When George Bush is in the picture with Letterman:

* Letterman is wearing different tie, a blue one with dots.
* Letterman has slightly shorter hair.
* The lighting is significantly brighter.

There are a few other minor differences, but this is enough to show that the video isn’t exactly real.

The point here isn’t to defend the President, he has been trying to do this for several years. The point is, with modern technology, anyone can make anything look like something else. And, the majority of people will believe it.

Dis-information is the medium of the day. We hear incorrect statements, mis-statements, and outright lies on a daily basis. Most people have no way of telling what is true and what is not.

The folks who put together videos such as this one probably think it’s clever or funny. Maybe they are purposely trying to make George Bush look like an idiot. I don’t know why they would do that, as most people I know think he does a great job of that himself.

But, videos like this do us no service. They only make it harder to determine what is or is not true.

Old P.T. Barnum was more right than he ever knew. If he were alive today, he’d probably say, “There’s a few million suckers born every minute.”

With the race for the President’s post heating up, the question on everybody’s mind is “Who will be the next President of the United States?” And this is not merely a question that remains limited to the minds of its citizens. The size of the United States of America, in terms of both geography and economy, as well as the power it wields over the international affairs, makes its Presidential elections a matter of global concern.

So will the 2008 elections herald a change in command for the U S of A? Will the Democrats once again take center-stage after losing out in the last two elections? Or will this be yet another victory for the Republican party? Perhaps, that is a question that should be fielded to the American voters… Who will they be voting for?

After the two terms of Republican President George Bush, it seems likely that there will be a change in the party at the center. But if this were to be true, who would the likely Democratic candidate be? Currently, Hillary Clinton appears to be the favorite candidate of the Democratic Party. However, she will be getting some decent competition from Barack Obama.

So will the 2008 elections usher in a new era? Will there be a woman president at the helm? Or will a black man enter the White House? Both would be firsts in the history of the American democratic system. But who would win this race?

The charismatic Obama is currently the only African American in the American Senate, and he is only the fifth African American senator in the history of the United States. Sure, he is hugely popular among a vast cross-section of American society, but would he be able to stomach a hard campaign?

Hillary Clinton has been the favorite for the 2008 elections for a long time now. Currently, the likelihood of her getting the candidature is very high. But in the rough and tumble of politics, who knows when the tide might turn, and in whose favor.

Perhaps it is time that one of the greatest democracies of the world and the current superpower, made a deviation from the usual President type — a white male. Both, women and African-Americans have made their presence felt in the society and political system of the great nation. It is time that a new attitude is allowed to pervade the White House.

Who will it be? Who will the American nation vote for? Let us just wait and watch.

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John McCain: Dead Man Walking

Personally, I’d like to see him make a race of it. The more choices there are, the better choice we should be able to make. He’s a good man, and could challenge the other candidates. Challenge, but not beat. Unless he can bring a message to bare, John McCain will be little more than a spectator in the 2008 electoral process.

Until next time,