"Ke kiʻi ʻana mai nā kumuwaiwai maikaʻi loa ma nā kahua ʻāina a me ka ʻāina, e hui pū ʻo Fox i nā makemake nui ʻelua o ʻAmelika - ka politika a me ka pôpeku." No laila mai la ʻO Marty Ryan, ʻo Fox News ka mea hoʻokumu o ka hoʻolālā politika, e wehewehe ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o kēlā pūnaewele i ʻekolu hola "Super Tuesday political preview" i nā pāʻina pôpeku maʻamau i ka lā. Ma ia ala i hiki ai i Fox News ke hopu i ka ke kaulike o ka manawa, e hana ana i 24/7 hiʻona o ka super-hoʻoliʻiliʻi ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka helu ʻekahi top-draw extravaganza, Super Bowl Sunday, me ka waena o ka pule kahaha o kahi pōloli ka mea kākau Kau TV, Poalua Nui.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēlā me kēia mea he leʻaleʻa hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa. ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e kamaʻilio ʻia e nā poʻe akamai a me nā poʻe loea (me ka Las Vegas odds-maker Fox i nīnauele i ka Lāpule nāna i "handicapping" i nā hanana ʻelua i loko o ka hanu hoʻokahi a i ʻole), i hui pū ʻia me nā mega-ads a moʻolelo mega-ad, a me kekahi mau hana hoihoi, e alakaʻi ana i nā hopena, i kēlā me kēia super-case, mākou, nā mea nānā, e ʻike koke a ma hope paha, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo kekahi. Mai kāhāhā, inā ma kēia Poalua Nui, ʻike ʻoe iā Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, a me Jimmy Johnson e kāhea ana i nā kiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hui Fox News. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka "showdown" ma lalo o ka dome o ke Kulanui o Phoenix Stadium e ukali ʻia i ʻelua lā ma hope mai e ka ABC News i kapa ʻia he "showdown coast to coast." (ʻO ka maʻamau, ua mālama ʻia nā logo "showdown" OK Corral-style no ka pana ʻana i nā missile ma ke alanui Main me nā mea hoʻohana honua e like me Saddam Hussein.)
I ka wā e heluhelu ai ʻoe i kēia, ua ʻike mua paha ʻoe e pili ana i ke ʻano politika ʻAmelika ma mua o kaʻu. ʻIke paha ʻoe inā ʻo Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, a ʻo Mitt Romney paha ʻo Eli Manning (a i ʻole Tom Brady) o ka politika. Malia paha ua kū ʻoe i ka nānā ʻana o ka nūhou pūnaewele a me nā lole kelepona i ke koho balota i nā hola kakahiaka me he mea lā ʻo ka lā 4 o Nowemapa kēia.
ʻO ia iho, e ʻike ʻole ʻia. I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā pūnaewele (ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi) i ka Super Tuesday i nā nūhou hou. I kēia manawa, me Charles Gibson e hoʻopaʻa nei i ka ABC News 'elima mau hola o ka uhi ʻana, ʻo ia kekahi "kahi mōʻaukala" ma ke "koho o ko kakou mau makahiki." Aia ma mua ka hoʻohālua ʻana o Huckabee ma Iowa, ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka McCain mai ka poʻe i make i ka politika ma New Hampshire, ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Meia ʻAmelika ma Florida, a i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻO Obamania, ʻaʻole e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pāpā ʻana a me ka pollster mis-predictions, i hāʻawi wale i nā mea hou aʻe nā moʻolelo paʻa no ka heihei o ke keneturia.
E alo kakou, no ka mea, ua like ka Media a me na moho 2008 ola kai, Nā Keiki Pūʻulu, ʻAmelika Gladiator, ka Apprentice ("Ua kipaku ʻia ʻoe!"), a 'Amelika Idol ʻōwili ʻia i hoʻokahi - a kahaha ka helu ʻaʻohe mea e hāʻule. ʻElua mau hoa paio hoʻāʻo e hālāwai me ke kuʻekuʻe lima i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma Hollywood - me ka pahupaʻikiʻi e paʻi ana i ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā hōkū me he mea lā ʻo Oscars… Gasp! ʻO George maoli nō kēlā Seinfeld? —a ʻaʻohe kukuna lele; he mau ʻēheu nō naʻe ka moʻolelo. Ua aloha ʻo Barack lāua ʻo Hillary! ʻO "he kāne ʻeleʻele a he wahine keʻokeʻo" ʻo "nā hoa holo holo pono e hiki mai ana"? Hiki iā lākou ke hui like "he tikiki moe Demokalaka"? A i ʻole e hoʻi hou lākou i ka ʻāʻī o kekahi, e like me ke ʻano o John McCain lāua ʻo ʻO Mitt Romney ʻē?
ʻAʻole hiki ke liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole i ka wā e hoʻopili ai nā mea a pau o Campaign 2008 i nā maka maka ʻAmelika i nā pale me ka ʻike ʻole o kahi mea kākau. ʻO wai ka mea e pono ai i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka moʻolelo moʻokalaleo i ka wā e hele mau ai ka pūʻali koa o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kū i ka lima e hana i nā moʻolelo politika i ka manawa hoʻolaha? Hiki i kekahi ke hōʻole i ka ʻoi aku o ka nui o lākou i wānana, kuhi, manaʻo, hoʻopiʻi, bloviating, a hāʻawi i nā hopena mana ma mua o kēlā me kēia manawa o kā mākou mōʻaukala? Inā ʻaʻole ia he "moʻolelo," he aha, ʻoiai inā he hewa ka nui o kā lākou wānana i ke kakahiaka?
ʻO ia ka manawa hānai ma Medialand - a ʻo kou hoihoi ka mea e hānai ai ka poʻe media.
Ka Ohohia o ka Opio
E ʻae mai iaʻu e kiʻi i ka hana ʻana i kahi countercurrent liʻiliʻi i ke kahe o ka superduper-commentary ma o ka lawe ʻana i The Pledge. Eia a i kēia manawa. Ma keia wahi ponoi.
Ma kēia ʻāpana, hoʻohiki wau e hana wau aole "handicap" i kēlā me kēia lāhui mua, ʻaʻole i wānana i ka mea e lanakila ana i ka Super Tuesday ma kēlā me kēia pāʻina. E aole hemahema ka heihei i na kuikahi. E aole e noʻonoʻo i ka mea e lilo i moho hope peresidena nona i ka hāʻule, a i ʻole e lanakila i ka pelekikena i Nowemapa a komo i ke Keʻena Oval ma Ianuali 20, 2009, a aole e kūkākūkā i nā hopena koho, ʻaʻole hoʻi e haʻi i ka palena o ka hewa.
Mai manaʻo he maʻalahi kēia. Ua like koʻu hoʻohui ʻana e like me nā ʻAmelika ʻulaʻula ʻē aʻe. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo kēia koho ka mea like me ke kaʻaahi barrel. ʻAʻole hoʻi ʻo Amtrak. E noʻonoʻo i ke kaʻaahi pōkā Iapana a i ʻole ka TGV Farani. Inā hāʻule wau i ka caboose ʻōlelo ʻōlelo, e ʻeha ia a paʻakikī naʻe ʻaʻole. I kekahi lā aʻe - a ua hoʻohiki mua wau e hoʻoponopono - ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i kahi ʻano o ka hōʻike a me ka poʻe loea, ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo wau i kaʻu wahine luhi a me kaʻu keiki, me ka mana āpau i hāʻawi ʻia mai e ka naʻauao politika o ko mākou mau makahiki, ma ka ʻaina ahiahi ʻaʻole. emi mai, e lilo ana o John Edwards i ke koho balota no ka mālama ʻana, ʻaʻohe nīnau no ia mea; i hiki ia ia ke lilo i ka mea hana mōʻī ma ka aha Demokarata. He slam dunk - a hiki, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ua hoʻokuʻuʻia i hiki ai i ka moʻolelo ke "'ā i kona ala"! Akā, ʻeā, inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i koi, aia aku nei mau ka poe nā ʻelele nui! Hiki nō iā lākou hoola ka lā mōʻī a hoʻomau i ka neʻe ʻana o ka media express i ka ʻaha Demokarata.
Eia naʻe, e noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kēia hoʻouna ʻana ma ke ʻano he puka koho balota ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomaka me kēia nīnau: He aha ka makemake o ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika e haʻalele?
ʻO ka wā ma mua,ʻo Kāpena Post Post ʻO Dan Froomkin ka mea kākau moʻolelo pūnaewele ʻike ʻO kēia wahi liʻiliʻi: ʻOiai ʻo George W. Bush me ka haʻaheo hōʻike ʻO ka pū pana a Saddam Hussein i loko o kahi noiʻi liʻiliʻi ma waho o ke Keʻena Oval, ʻo kāna hoa ʻo Dick Cheney "i hōʻike ʻia ma kona hale i kahi ʻāpana o ka hale kahi i pepehi ʻia ai ʻo Abu Musab al Zarqawi, ke alakaʻi al Qaeda ma Iraq."
Kāhea i kēlā hōʻailona puka koho. ʻO ka Pelekikena imperial a me ka Hope Peresidena, nā "hoʻokahi pākēneka o ka hopena", nā poʻe hoʻomāinoino ʻole mākou e hōʻike i ka pū a me ka ʻōpala. ʻO ia ka mea i hōʻuluʻulu nui i kā lākou hoʻoilina, ʻo ia ka mea, ma Ianuali 20, 2009, e hoʻolei lākou i kahi lehulehu he 19% wale nō o lākou. E mana'o'i'o ko lakou aina e "ma ke ala pololei." I ka wā e pili ana i nā pū a me nā ʻōpala, e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka mahalo: Ua hoʻokō lākou i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻaila o ka honua i ke ahi, e hōʻoia ana i kēlā ka nui o kaʻaila e hele i ka lani kiʻekiʻe; Ua hoʻohuli lākou i nā ʻāina ʻelua a lākou i hoʻāʻo ai i kā lākou lima "kūkulu aupuni" - Afghanistan a me Iraq - i loko o ka honua alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka opiates a me ka hale charnel.
Inā loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou ala, ʻoiaʻiʻo ua haʻalele lākou i ka hapa nui o ka honua nā wāwahi. E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka makani ʻino, e kū ana i nā neoneo ma ka home, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke kūkulu hou i hoʻokahi kūlanakauhale, ʻaʻole i emi iki nā lāhui holoʻokoʻa. Ma nā wahi a pau a lākou i huli ai, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻāʻo i ka poʻe kūkulu hale, akā i nā mea wehe; ʻaʻole nā mea hoʻopukapuka akā nā mea hao wale (me kā lākou hui crony a me nā ʻoihana palekana pilikino). Ma ka home, ua hoʻomalu lākou i ka politika o ka makaʻu. Ua hana lākou i nā hewa me ka wikiwiki a - ʻo ia paha ka hewa nui loa o nā mea a pau - i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wā i heheʻe ai nā glaciers. ʻO lākou ka Repubalikacants - a haʻaheo loa iā ia - ma kahi ʻāina i haʻaheo iā ia iho i kāna kuʻuna hiki ke hana. (A, mai ka makahiki 2007, ua koho ka Ahaolelo Demokalaka e hana i kekahi mea ma mua o ka laha ʻana o ka ʻōpala, ua lilo ia i hui Demokarata pū kekahi.)
Makemake ʻoe i kahi koho haʻalele? Eia: ua paʻa ka poʻe ʻAmelika i ka honua a he lima nui ʻo George W. Bush i ka hana hana a ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou, ʻike i ka pōʻino, makemake i waho.
ʻO kēia mau mea a pau, akā, hiki ke hoʻopiʻi wale ʻia iā Bush a me kāna mau hoaaloha i ko mākou pilikia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua hoʻopili wale lākou i kahi hohonu hohonu o ka makaʻu hoʻopau ʻAmelika. I nā "manawa maikaʻi" o nā makahiki 1990, ʻaʻole maopopo loa kēlā mau makaʻu. ʻO ke ʻano, ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o ka poʻe iā lākou. Akā, e nānā i nā ʻōpio i kēia lā a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o lākou i loko o kahi pahu hoʻopau o kekahi ʻano. No lākou, ua hoʻololi maoli ʻia nā moeʻuhane o ka wā e hiki mai ana me nā makaʻu dystopian o ka hoʻomehana honua, nā maʻi maʻi honua, nā pōʻino o ka honua, a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka pōʻino honua a me ka pōʻino. Ma muli o ko lākou hewa ʻole, ua noho lākou me ka manaʻolana ʻole.
Ma kēia koho balota, ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Barack Obama e hōʻike i kekahi o lākou i kahi hiki ke puka a, ma waho aʻe o ia mea, kahi lā liʻiliʻi, kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka lani uliuli (e like me ka heluna liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe ʻōpio ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ua hana ʻo Republican. moho Ron Paul). Inā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ke kūkulu ʻana, a i ʻole mālama ʻana, a i ʻole ke kālele ʻana i kekahi mea no kāu mau keiki a moʻopuna paha (ʻaʻole i emi iki na kekahi ʻē aʻe), a laila paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo e hana i kekahi mea mau loa. ʻO ka nele i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia ke kau ʻana i kahi kaumaha nui o ke kaumaha ma luna o kou poʻohiwi. Inā, no ka manawa pōkole paha, me he mea lā e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia, manaʻo koke ʻoe i ka moeʻuhane; no laila (ke manaʻo nei au) ka pohā o ka hoihoi a me ka manaʻolana i ʻike ʻia i kēia makahiki - a me ka puka ʻana mai o nā poʻe koho balota hou i hele pū me ia.
Ua loaʻa iaʻu koʻu wā ʻōpio i hāpai ʻia ai kahi manaʻo o ka pōʻino a he manaʻo hoʻokuʻu maoli nō ia. I koʻu mau lā, hoʻokahi wale nō pōʻino o ke ola e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai - kaua nuklea (ʻo ia, i ka makahiki iwakāluakūmākahi, pono e komo i loko o kahi laina e hoʻopau ai i ka honua no kāna mau 15 kekona o ka kaulana hoʻopau. ). I ka wā i hoʻokuke aku ai ke Kuikahi Hoʻāʻo ʻAtomika o 1963 i nā hoʻokolohua nuklea mai ka ʻike a me ka noʻonoʻo, ua nalowale ka pilikia nuklea mai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa politika a me ka moʻomeheu kaulana. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hope loa o ka honua o ia au i ka makahiki 1964, e like me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hale kupapaʻu a me nā polokalamu pale kīwila. Ma ka makahiki 1969, ua hoʻopau ke Kōmike Lahui no ka SANE Nuclear Policy i ka "nuclear" mai kona inoa ponoʻī. A, no ka manawa pōkole, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka wā e hiki mai ana me ka manaʻo o ka manaʻolana, he mea hauʻoli.
E noʻonoʻo, i loko o kēia pōʻaiapili, i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o kēlā mele kāhea a pane ʻia ʻo Barack Obama i hoʻohana pinepine ai me ka lehulehu o nā ʻōpio kākoʻo i kāna mau hui: "ʻAe, hiki iā mākou…!" "ʻAe, hiki iā mākou…!"
I koʻu mau makahiki (63), hiki iaʻu ke hahau ʻia e ka nele o nā mea i loko o nā ʻōlelo paʻa ʻole a Obama: ʻAe, hiki iā mākou… he aha ke ʻano? Akā ʻo wai ka mea hiki ke hōʻole i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ke mele, e hoʻohālikelike ana e like me ka mea hiki ke hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ʻAmelika i hala aku nei kahi "hiki iā mākou" me he mea lā i hāʻawi ʻia. I kēia mau lā, like nā poʻo nūpepa keia kekahi mai ka Hawaii Post He mea maʻamau, ʻaʻohe mea o ka ʻāpana o ke aupuni e nānā ʻia nei: "Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia nā mākaʻi o US Park no ka palekana: ʻO ka ikaika i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, alakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole a me nā hui ʻino ʻaʻole i lawa ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona hōʻailona, hōʻike hōʻike aupuni." (A e hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ia ka Washington Monument, ka Statue of Liberty, a me ka Lincoln Memorial a mākou e kamaʻilio nei.) No laila, ʻo ka manaʻo e "hiki iā mākou" ke "hana" i nā mea a pau.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana, no ka mea, ʻike ʻoe, aia ma lalo o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻoliʻoli o ka ʻōpio ka vortex - he United States, a he honua paha, i hoʻololi ʻia ma mua o ka ʻike ʻia. Ma kēlā ʻano kūlana, ʻo kahi hōʻailona paha e hāpai ʻia ke kaumaha o ka wā e hiki mai ana e hoʻouna i kekahi e ʻimi ana i ka lewa no kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi, no kahi ʻano - i ka mantra o kēlā me kēia moho i kēia manawa - "hoʻololi." ʻO ia ke kumu ʻē aʻe ʻo Obama hoʻokumu - ke hōʻike nei ʻo ia i "ka wā e hiki mai ana," ʻaʻole ka "i hala" - hiki ke ikaika loa. ʻO ka manawa hea ka manawa hope i kāhea aku ai kahi moho pelekikena ʻAmelika i ka wā e hiki mai ana a me he mea lā?
He mea kōkua paha ia i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoihoi i kā mākou manawa koho, ʻoiai ma hope o ke koho balota o 2000 a me 2004.
He kahawai o ka hoihoi
ʻAʻohe o kēia, akā naʻe, hiki ke helu i ka hoihoi media i hele pū me ia a ua maʻalahi hoʻi e kuhi hewa no kāna hoa pili.
Aia ka media, i loko o ka inoa maʻamau a Todd Gitlin mai kāna puke Media Unlimited, "ke kahawai." ʻO kona mau kiʻi, kona mau leo kani e kahe ana i ko kākou ao i kēlā me kēia lā, he muliwai e kū nei ʻaʻole e kū ʻoiai ke hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou mau mīkini. Ma kahi ʻano, ʻaʻohe o ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole i hala. Akā, ʻai ia i ka makana mau loa a mau nō ka pōloli. Ma kā mākou moʻomeheu Super Bowl/Super Tuesday, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia kēlā poʻe loea, nā poʻo kamaʻilio, nā mea hoʻolaha, a me nā mea leʻaleʻa me he mea lā ʻo lākou ka moʻo hehena o Anne Rice lāua ʻo Rupert Murdoch, e ʻā ana i kahi kumu koko i kēia koho balota. kau, he oukou hoihoi, a me nā manaʻolana no ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ko lākou ʻoliʻoli e nahu hohonu i kou ʻoliʻoli a mimi maloʻo.
Ke oli nei nō hoʻi lākou: ʻAe, hiki iā mākou…! ʻAe, hiki iā mākou…! E oli ʻoliʻoli lākou a hiki i ke komo ʻana o kahi hoʻokele hou i ka Hale Paʻa ma Ianuali, e hoʻoili ana i kēlā panapana a me kēlā ʻāpana ʻōpala, e hoʻoilina i kahi honua ʻAmelika i loko o ka pilikia hohonu a me ka honua e wili ana i kahi dime. A laila, lawe lākou i ko lākou hoihoi i kahi makana mau loa kahi e pana ʻia ai nā keiki e kekahi maniac, a i ʻole nā hale nunui e hiolo ana i ka lepo, a i ʻole kekahi poʻe kaulana e hele nei i ke keʻena maloʻo kokoke loa. E hele hauʻoli lākou i kahi makana ʻē aʻe, e waiho ana i ke koena o mākou kiʻekiʻe a maloʻo. ʻAe, hiki iā lākou…!
A i kēia manawa, ʻae hiki iaʻu… hoʻopuka i ka popcorn i loko o kēlā popper wela, hoʻoheheʻe i ka pata, a noho i mua o kaʻu TV me kaʻu mea hana koho koʻikoʻi, ʻo ke kahawai zapper, ma ka lima e hoʻomākaukau ai no ke kaua epic o nā mea a pau, ʻO ka Pōʻalua Nui, ʻaʻole e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kaua epic, mōʻaukala, hauʻoli e hiki mai ana. Mai kelepona mai iaʻu no nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e kelepona aku au iā ʻoe.
No kekahi manawa wale nō naʻe, e ʻae mai iaʻu e hoʻohuli i kēlā pale i ʻeleʻele, e hele i waho, e hele i koʻu wahi koho balota, a… ʻae, ʻike ʻoe… e hana i ke ʻano epic.
ʻO Tom Engelhardt, ka mea nāna i hoʻokele i ka Nation Institute's Tomdispatch.com, kahi i ʻike mua ʻia ai kēia ʻatikala, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu. ka Papahana Aupuni ʻAmelika. ʻO kāna puke, Ka hopena o ka lanakila (University of Massachusetts Press), ua hōʻano hou ʻia i loko o kahi paʻi hou i hoʻopuka ʻia e pili ana i ka hopena o ka moʻomeheu lanakila ma Iraq.
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