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Tag: Arts Beats & Eats

Back to school for Brooks.

By KG One, Section News
Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2010 at 11:56:49 AM EST
Tags: Royal Oak, Arts Beats & Eats, Michigan Open Carry, L. Brooks Patterson, hoplophobe republican (all tags)

A lot of times politicians chime into current events as a way to deflect attention from certain issues.

We call it "Wag the Dog".

Bill Clinton did this to divert media attention away from Monica Lewinski coverage by bombing Sudan and Afghanistan. Pres. B.O. is doing this by sounding off about a Mosque to be built very near Ground Zero after the media began to report his economic "plan" is destroying what's left of our nation's economy, rather than helping it.

Some times, politicians chime in on issues for the opposite effect. They want to gain attention in the media that will (hopefully) cause everyone to "forget" their earlier foul-ups. Harry Reid's comment on the aforementioned Mosque is a perfect example.

Finally, some politicians chime in for no apparent reason at all. The end result makes people scratch their heads and wonder how they remained in office as long as they have.

This is another one of those stories.

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