Dirty little secrets..dirty little lies...we got our fingers in everybody's pies... love to cut you down to size..we love dirty laundry...
That's the song playing in my head right now folks...
The story has broken that John Edwards had an affair today and CNN (and I presume other cable networks also) has turned their channel into the all John all the time network.
John Edwards had an affair. So WHAT? WHY is that MY business?
If John Edwards the CANDIDATE talking about issues that actually afffect voters like poverty, energy, jobs, and healthcare was SO uninteresting to the media that they pulled the plug on him and froze him out of all media coverage in January of this year then WHY is the PERSONAL life of John Edwards the PRIVATE CITIZEN so important that he is getting more coverage now than he did for the whole month of January?
It's obviously because sex sells and the media loves to distract the voters with lurid gossip so that we won't pay attention to the REAL scandals going on in our county - for instance:
a) A war based on a coordinated conspiracy in the Oval Office to lie to Congress and the American people.
b) Torture, kidnapping, and dentention without trial being conducted by our American "democracy".
c) Illegal wiretaps without any warrants in clear violation of the law.
d) A Congress which is too chicken to do anything about these things and is in fact complicit in much of it.
e) Corporate Lobbyists running make that OWNING our energy, health care, economic, defense, and foreign relations policies.
So today is "take out the trash" day for John Edwards and I think it's time for a chorus of "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley to salute our sleazy slimy corporate hack media that has placed Edwards' story far above those of a shooting war between Russia and Georgia, dramatic stock market and oil price news, and the start of the China Olympics that also occurred today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PxAIAI1QQI make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I dont have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em all around
We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry
You dont really need to find out whats going on
You dont really want to know just how far its gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre up
Kick em when theyre down
Kick em when theyre stiff
Kick em all around
Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybodys pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When its said and done we havent told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!
Lyrics by Don Henley, Dirty Laundry, from "I Can't Stand Still", 1982