The Marketing of the American Presidency

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
October 8, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/357/the-marketing-of-the-american-presidency

Excerpt:

How long can one election go on? In the future, will elections begin at birth and end after the next life? I am serious. Even I, who am not a political junkie, already know–no, I can predict–the favorite words, phrases, slogans of each candidate. This is political theatre at its worse and I must ask: What kind of person does this, day-in-day-out, year after year, traveling from city to city, from one television studio or stadium to another, getting up at dawn, never stopping? Only actors, models, musicians–and politicians. By now, everyone, including the politicians, consider themselves entertainers.

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