Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Media & Democracy.

So at last night's GOP debate Rick Perry has a brain fart and can't remember the name of the third federal agency he wants to shut down when he takes the reins at the White House (a/k/a presidential office).

He wants to shut down the Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Education, and the Dept. of Energy. And on NPR and in the newspapers, the story is that Perry went blank on stage. Nowhere to be found is any discussion of his proposal.

Is that because Perry's so far out it we regard his proposal as irrelevant, and unworthy of discussion? Or is it because talking about what these departments do, and how much they cost, and the ramifications of dissolving them is toooo boring?

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