Isn't it amazing
The Obama Campaign & Movement
I bounce back and forth, first thinking of myself as a world-weary seen it all before realist to an almost child like belief in truth, justice and freedom. I think it may well be a rare form of bi-polar syndrome. But, I don't really mind because I secretly believe if I was one or the other, I'd get stuck on the world-weary fatalist end and what fun would that be.
My latest bounce back episode was triggered by the revelation that GQ magazine given the choice of good bottom line or defense of free speech chose one over the other. Your guess as to which they chose will tell you alot about your placement along the world-weary to bliss line.
The story version I heard was that the Clinton's did not like a story about to appear in GQ that to them was not a fair take on Hillary. GQ and Bill Clinton already had reached an agreement that would put Bill on the cover. Get ready miss bliss, here comes something that will really upset you.
It seems that having Bill on the cover of anything, will generate additional sales of whatever is so adorned. Well, some Clinton detaill was assembled and marched over to GQ. They made an offer that was hard to refuse. GQ could spike the unflattering portrait of Hillary and keep Bill on the cover or the reverse. To spoil the surprise, look for Bill to soon adorn the cover of GQ.
Lets move from this one case to the larger implications.
It is accepted orthodoxy that celebrity and notoriety sell. But now that power to sell is being used to determine what products will be sold. He/She who pay's the piper, indeed will choose the tune.
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