No wonder he and Palin get along – the one thing that currently unites them is a ferocious level of ambition that causes them to say whatever is necessary to please the crowd in front of them.
One of Edison’s first inventions was a faster vote-counter, but politicians didn’t want it, because they could “tune” their message over the longer period everyone voted – that is, change what they said before a given neighborhood voted. This approach would have worked great then.
No wonder he and Palin get along – the one thing that currently unites them is a ferocious level of ambition that causes them to say whatever is necessary to please the crowd in front of them. One of Edison’s first inventions was a faster vote-counter, but politicians didn’t want it, because they could “tune” their message over the longer period everyone voted – that is, change what they said before a given neighborhood voted. This approach would have worked great then.