As the Vote Rocks, the Stiff Wander the White House

As the Vote Rocks, the Stiff Wander the White House

Interesting point from a bigger blogger than myself:

I realize that most of what has been attracting my blogging attention recently (and not just mine) is the backlash to Bush in the popular culture. However you care to slice it (youth culture, art culture, movie culture, music culture), Bush has catalyzed an emotional and expressive response that is building exponentially toward November...

Despite the skill and savvy of Rove and Co., the model they operate out of is a generation behind, geared too much toward the tools (direct marketing) and constituencies (Bush Pioneers, fossil fuel industry) of pre-dot com culture and consciousness.

I was worrying that Springsteen, Pearl Jam and R.E.M. was too old school, but at the rate he's going W will be lucky to keep Wayne Newton on board... and the latest I hear is he's seriously chasing the all-important Amish vote.


Amish men and boys wave as President (sic) Bush's bus travels through Intercourse, Pennsylvania (huh huh, huh) in July.

But lest we forget, a quarter to a third of the nation is part of the Kristian Konservative Kulture, flying below the radar of mainstream media and pop culture. If we lose, Hollywood will look at itself and say "Nobody I know voted for Bush..."

In light of this, Bush's move to capture the all-important Amish vote almost makes sense.