Democracy for Vancouver

John Edwards is taking on the mainstream media machine.  Howard Dean made this an issue in his campaign and the next thing we knew there was the artificially created, mainstream media "Dean Scream" which ensured that Dean could no longer compete as an "electable" candidate.

Ironically Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign wizard, is now working for Edwards and dealing with the "hair" issue.  I asked Joe Trippi at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston whether Dean ended up proving that rather than the people having the power ("you have the power"), the oligopolistic media interests have the real power.  He disagreed with my contention.  It will be interesting to see whether Joe Trippi has learned from the downfall of Dean and will successfully mount an offensive against the big media take down that is inevitable now that Edwards is fighting with people who "buy their ink by the barrel".

In any event, I am sure it will be hairy.

Oh and by the way John Edwards, the middle class always ends up carrying the tax burden.  That is just the way it is and you know that is true.  It is a matter of paying your fair share. You are never going to shift the burden substantially away from the middle class but you can make sure high income taxpayers do not pay less, percentage wise, than the rest of us.