Just Two "Johns"

In a note on the blog Time Goes By this morning Ronni Bennett asked the following question:

"Will someone explain to me why John Edwards is being crucified for philandering while an actual presidential candidate has been given a pass for cheating on his crippled wife with an heiress 20 years his junior and then divorcing his wife to marry the heiress who bankrolled his political career?”

I don’t have a good answer to that question except to say that the corporate media are clearly in the Republican’s pockets and there is much manipulation going on all around us. My advice is to avoid the corporate media as much as you can. They are skilled at fogging our minds and we seem to be unable to resist being taken in by the “entertainment” they provide. So the next time you are reaching for the TV remote curb that addiction. Go on the web where there is a ton of misinformation and outright crazy stuff, but the corporate media haven’t found a way to take control of this medium. At least the truth has a chance to be heard in the welter of this confusion.

As for the two John’s (interesting that prostitutes call their clients “Johns”) unfortunate inability to keep their pants on, I just refer you to my previous piece called Membership Has Its Privileges.