Political Simulacra

I am truly impressed with the conservative political machine right now.  Not impressed with the tactics or the message, but by the abundance of meaningless power.  This is the age of "political simulacra", defined by the engagement of mass amounts of people for a cause that has no substance and virtually no factual truth.  It is truly astounding that so many people could be caught up in the black hole of health care politics and know virtually nothing about the "real" issues at hand.  There are legitimate concerns that need to be addressed, just as President Obama took upon himself to do (and he is doing it very well, I must add; watch the Portsmouth town hall, it's incredible politics).  Yet, the simulacra is still winning (read ‘Public Option’ in Health Plan May Be Dropped: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/health/policy/18talkshows.html?ref=us).  Rather than an education tour of America, the "town hall" meetings instantaneously morphed into political refuse, where fear-mongering and hooliganism reigns supreme.  And behind it all there is a media juggernaut that is watching its deeds spread like wildfire.  We are suckers, the lot of us, tuning in to the mass political simulacra.