Strangechord

I’m with Rowan on this point:

The corporate press has continued its magic act of making Dennis Kucinich and Al Sharpton invisible. Both Kucinich and Sharpton had to elbow their way into the “discussion” as it went on and on with Senator Kerry blah blah blah, Senator Edwards blah blah blah. The endless renditions of “Senator Edwards, how to you see yourself as different from Senator Kerry?” To Sharpton, and Kucinich … “Are you just a vanity candidate?” or “Why are you still campaigning?” To Edwards, “If you lose on Tuesday, are you dropping out?” or “How would you feel about being Vice President?” It is clear that the “press” has picked Kerry and is pushing him for all they are worth. I personally feel that is not their job.

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To this end I would like to make a suggestion for the upcoming primaries and caucases. I suggest that folks vote for Sharpton or Kucinich. What those votes do is send delegates to the Democratic Convention who represent a broader picture and reality of the United States. It sends a wider political representation.

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I am suggesting that there are other considerations and urging people to not be swept up by the “back a winner” approach the corporate media is taking. It is bad enough that the press attempts to pick the President (or other elections and votes) before the everyone has had the opportunity to vote. Now they are trying to pick the Democratic ticket (and platform) before even a third of the states have had their say.

In other news, Body and Soul has a terrific summary post on the situation in Haiti, which, before today, I’d found too complicated to wrap my brain around. And again, I also point out Rowan’s posts on the Haiti…dare I say it…coup: Aristide Has Left Haiti and Aristide Kidnapped. Looks like this was a U.S.-backed coup to remove a democratically elected leader. More here at Alternet: U.S.-Sponsored Regime Change in Haiti.