I am always reading and searching for something that I think my readers will appreciate….they may not agree with the piece but at least they can appreciate the piece for its content.
2015 has been an amazing year……there has been the mash up with ISIS and the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the forefront of GOP politics.
ISIS has been on a propaganda blitz with their vulgar and barbaric videos of their so-called “executions” which all civilized people find horrendous and despicable.
Then there is Trump…..he has made news by his bad mouthing immigrants, his attacks on other GOP candidates and his verbiage about China……and he has not finished there is so much more to come.
I know there is a link between the two different subjects?
Am I trying to equate ISIS and Trump for some obscure reason?
What could I be thinking, right?
While I was on-line researching a series that I am writing on Central Asia I came upon an opinion piece that caught my eye…..the common thread that weaves through both subjects is……showmanship.
ISIL and Donald Trump are united in their vulgar showmanship of power.
Source: Pornotopia: From ISIL to Donald Trump – Al Jazeera English
Please….I am not trying to equate one with the other in some phantom way…..just showing that showmanship goes a long way in this world in which we live….
I found this op-ed interesting and I wanted to post it and see what others thought of it….
Please….any thoughts?
All American political campaigns are 100% showmanship and marketing. The parades, the speeches, the banners, the lights, the drums and the blaring bands, the ticker tape, the confetti, the timing, — all of it is stage management — all of it is scripted — all of it is designed to “Sell” either a candidate or a candidate’s line of BS to The Electorate. The whole mess reminds me of some screwed up “Production Number” —- The other term that works here is, “Circus” — complete with clowns and animals and the stench of manure mixed with dirty straw lying everywhere within reach —- all showmanship! Very appropriate post!