One could look to the World Cup as a corrollary to the Republican campaign machine of 2006. Republicans, desperate to energize their base, were torn between which fear to exploit, xenophobia of Middle Easterns or xenophobia of Mexicans.America's World Cup team plays at noon (EST) today. Too bad I can't stay home and watch it.
Seeing as how the 9/11 thing is sooooo 2001, they opted to exploit people's fear of Mexicans. This battle took to the soccer fields yesterday, in an evil on evil matchup between Mexico and Iran. This base voter excitement fest ultimately ended with Mexico prevailing, just as we saw with last week's Republican convention.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Mexico vs Iran vs GOP
In a fatal three-way matchup, Pink Dome has an interesting take on the World Cup and GOP politics:
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Beautiful stuff! Such insight.
Of course, in the USA's 3-0 loss to the Czech Republic, one has to ask is it something in the beer? What would Bud Weiser think?
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