Speechwriters and Main Street
Red and Blue. Main Street and Wall Street. The haves and have-nots. Us vs. Them.
Are we so unevolved that we must classify ourselves with a broad group of people? Fold ourselves repeatedly until we fit in a neat little compartment that somebody else made for us?
Not me. I won’t do it. And if you EVER drop the Main Street line on me in person, I will drop you to your knees and make you pray to my God. He’s a lot less forgiving than yours.
Look what Google yields for the following searches:
“main street vs. wall street” = 50,700
“main street versus wall street” = 5,650
“main street” “wall street” = 6.75 million
Partially at fault – aside from the spoon-feed-us-anything American citizens – are the speechwriters. You know, the 50-year old guy from Wyoming who can sound like hockey mom. The midget hermit who moves millions. The transgendered human attempting to topple Roe v, Wade and so forth.
A good writer can make us believe anything. A great writer does it without any seams. They worm catchphrases and beliefs into our living rooms before we can bat an eye.
After they make us ‘believe’ a candidate, they will inevitably burn out and fade away. Their comeback trail will feature a ‘tell-all’ book and many cable news appearances. Eventually, they will latch on to yet another ‘rising’ political star and wear a different mask. They relish in dividing America; slicing our nation into two sides that are constantly at odds.
As cable news panels ‘instantly’ react to the “candidate’s” words at tonight’s final presidential debate – don’t forget to give credit to the real combatants. If you look beyond the prompter, McCain is young and Obama is white. At least that’s where the words are coming from.
