[For well more than a year, the Mainstream Media have given us a steady flow of campaign bilge that, finally, has made the entire Republican field seem unappealing. Perhaps this was the Fourth Estate's goal all along. After all, it was a left-tilting press that conspired to help Obama win in 2008 by ignoring his complete lack of experience and extreme political views.  This time, with the same goal in mind but using the opposite approach, the news media have picked off the GOP candidates one by one, turning them into shooting-gallery ducks as their ex-wives and mistresses, former employees and business associates and a sordid parade of other detractors testified against them. And all for what?  Apparently, to ensure the still-likely nomination of Mitt Romney, a man whose candidacy excites no one.

In the guest editorial below, Wayne Razzi, a Rick’s Picks forum regular who goes by the handle “Red Will Danaher,” explains how it came to pass that, in a time of national crisis, we are about to do no better in November than perpetuate the political status quo.  Could things have turned out differently? Unfortunately not, concludes Wayne. It may take catastrophe, rather than mere crisis, to bring about real change.  RA]

Assume for a moment that you’ve been installed in the role of the maintenance manager of the Great American False-Choice Spectacle.  Your prime directive would almost certainly be to keep hidden the fact that outcomes matter little.  Thus, as we are repeatedly informed via popular media, you may strongly consider hiding the truth in plain sight, as there are few better places.  And so, that seems to be the case now more than ever as the strategy is executed through the chain of command and control that expertly utilizes mass media. » Read the full article