Oh, the many diaries on the republican caucus results in Iowa. The thrill of the horse race. Oh, the drama: Santorum v. Romney. Has white ever been whiter? Has the dirt ever been better hidden? But now it's time to pay attention to the man behind the curtain, not to do what the man tells you to do. The "rigidly-controlled, carefully choreographed process." Look behind the curtain. The real game is not in Iowa. It's not even in the presidential game.
Matt Taibbi:
The 2012 presidential race officially begins today with the caucuses in Iowa, and we all know what that means …
Nothing.
Why? Because the republicans are irrelevant? A clown show? A crazy train? Well that may be true, but it's not Taibbi's point.
It takes an awful lot to rob the presidential race of this elemental appeal. But this year’s race has lost that buzz. In fact, this 2012 race may be the most meaningless national election campaign we’ve ever had. If the presidential race normally captivates the public as a dramatic and angry ideological battle pitting one impassioned half of society against the other, this year’s race feels like something else entirely.
Wait you say. Well, where's the real race, the real game at?
In the wake of the Tea Party, the Occupy movement, and a dozen or more episodes of real rebellion on the streets, in the legislatures of cities and towns, and in state and federal courthouses, this presidential race now feels like a banal bureaucratic sideshow to the real event – the real event being a looming confrontation between huge masses of disaffected citizens on both sides of the aisle, and a corrupt and increasingly ideologically bankrupt political establishment, represented in large part by the two parties dominating this race.
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Yep, do read more. And then get some skin in the real game. Or go to a tanning booth like Sant-0 and Romnay do and play the other one. It's up to you.