US public and Middle East to pay price of Republican and Democratic cowardice

Focused on issues or trivia, US media giants continue to revel in election politics. Three US senators have been busily campaigning for nominations for the US presidency.

Whether it's Hillary Clinton trying to be more macho than her male opponents, or John McCain attempting to display more chutzpah than G.W. Bush, or Barack Obama disowning the mentor he should be praising, the whole process is a sideshow on demand.

The "on demand" part of the sideshow comes from the American public. If the Republicans wanted brains at the helm rather than a Bush clone, they would have nominated Ron Paul, a candidate whose foreign policy would keep America from pre-emptive and presumptive wars.

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