{"id":620,"date":"2008-09-07T00:28:19","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T00:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=620"},"modified":"2008-09-07T00:28:19","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T00:28:19","slug":"the-official-sonicfrog-theme-of-the-2008-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=620","title":{"rendered":"The Official Sonicfrog Theme Of The 2008 Presidential Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Official%20Sonicfrog%20Theme%20Of%20The%202008%20Presidential%20Elections\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Dedicated to the behind-the-scenes manipulations to try and shape each candidate into the person the  image-makers think we want to vote for. McCain and Biden have been on the world stage for a long time and have had years to hone their image; Obama has had two plus shaping our perceptions of him. I don&#8217;t accuse any of the candidates of being phonies, but if you look at the record of each, none is quite what they are billed to be. Our perception of them, the maverick, the blue collar populist, and the agent for change, are all reinforced by the marketers and pollsters who are hired to get these people elected. Palin is on the surface exactly what the Republican base has been yearning for in this Presidential election, a Christian Repulbican candidate who reflects, no, exudes a religious confidence they identify with. Nothing wrong with that. But in many ways politically, she is a clean slate. She is now in seclusion, taking a crash course on the proper and expected answers to political and policy questions, being shaped to be the candidate she is expected to be. As we watch the process happen right before our eye with the politically fresh Sarah Palin, the handlers seem to know our wants and desires all too well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/music\/imagemaker.mp3\">IMAGE MAKER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMAGE MAKER!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by \u00a0Kevin Gilbert<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Black asphalt carpet stroke my feet<br \/>\nInternal rhythm clocks the beat<br \/>\nLiquid refreshment indiscreet<br \/>\nPoetic license so concrete<\/p>\n<p>On the way toward the light<br \/>\nBlind ambition blurs my sight<br \/>\nThe hand which guides me through the night<br \/>\nHas left me alone<\/p>\n<p>Sitting pretty on my chair<br \/>\nMy two way mirror shields the glare<br \/>\nNarcissus bows in useless prayer<br \/>\nThis franchised ego needs repair<\/p>\n<p>Imagemaker come to me<br \/>\nMake me things that I should be<br \/>\nI am only what you see<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019re wanting more<\/p>\n<p>Champagne Minds and Cold Duck Hearts<br \/>\nAnd who knows where the bullshit starts<br \/>\nThe biggest grins on the biggest sharks<br \/>\nIn the only pond that pays<br \/>\nMass distribution through master relations<br \/>\nCan you get a leg up on the favored nation<br \/>\nCan you count your long career in days<\/p>\n<p>So check the odds and place your bet<br \/>\nLet\u2019s have some quiet on this set<br \/>\nSome standard moody silhouette<br \/>\nI\u2019ll hatch another image yet<\/p>\n<p>Imagemaker come to me<br \/>\nMake me things that I should be<br \/>\nI am only what you see<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019re wanting more<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"The%20Official%20Sonicfrog%20Theme%20Of%20The%202008%20Presidential%20Elections\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Dedicated to the behind-the-scenes manipulations to try and shape each candidate into the person the image-makers think we want to vote for. McCain and Biden have been on the world stage for a long time and have had years to hone their image; Obama has had two plus shaping our perceptions of him. 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