Anyone still subscribing to Ralph Nader’s notion that politics in America is a two-party system of exclusion, should check the following freakshow debates that aired on network television this week. So far, the Top Three highlights of the 2010 Governor mid-term elections are-

1. Bob Forthan – Oregon, Republican (aka “The Dome Home Guy”)

2. Basil Marceaux – Tennessee, Republican (aka “The Guy With Three Teeth”)

3. Jimmy McMillan – New York, Independent  (aka “Papa Smurf”)

If politics is “Hollywood for the unattractive,” then the current state of things indicates state elections are following the reality television definition of showbiz. We can’t tell if some brilliant cynic at The Board of Elections helped morons fill out the forms necessary to get on TV, as part of some subversion or mockery of the  whole process. Or… more likely based on the other right-wing freakshows gaining media traction – the whole two-party system is pretty inclusive after-all.

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Submit any new YouTube finds of state Governor debate freaks not yet archived and we’ll add to the list (so far: OR, NT, TN).

Tags: Basil Marceaux, Bob Forthan, Jimmy McMillan, YouTube
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