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[davidthegnome]

8. Reminds me of the Obama/Romney race.

A lot of people bashed him for being a Mormon. While I don't entirely disagree with mocking most organized religion, I found myself in the uncomfortable position of defending Mittens. What mattered, I told my facebook friends and some people here at DU... what mattered, was not his religion, nor how he practiced it in private, what mattered was what he could do for his Country. There were plenty of damn good reasons not to vote for the man - but I did not (and do not) think that him being a Mormon was one of them.

I really don't give a shit about what religion our political leaders follow. It's not my business.

As for the media? They are doing this for the ratings - anything Trump... and now, anything Clinton/Trump is going to be in the spin cycle. Trump has been a gold mine for them - but they (the main stream, at least) have utterly proven that they do not give a damn about neutrality, about being "fair and balanced" or about anything, really, other than ratings. I suppose this has been the case for some time, but it's still damned despicable and disappointing.

This is the kind of main stream "journalism" we have had for some time - and will likely get worse in the near future.