Ted Rall for August 21, 2008
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Transcript:
People are willing to pay for the illusion of intimacy with a politician. (Man 1: After his speech, the president will pause to chat with your wife. You'll have one minute, then one photo together. (Man 2: I gave him $50,000!) (Man 1: For $100,000 he'll put his arms around your shoulders. For $205,000 he'll rub them.) They're even willing to give up their private telephone numbers. (Man 3: Ma! Barack texted me the name of his running mate! I'm an insider!) Spam, you see, is warmer and fuzzier than TV attack ads. (Television: For the first time in history, millions of people signed up to receive a personalized mass instant message from John McCain telling them they're hot. All they had to do was send him their nude photos.) (Man 3: We had a moment)
