Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Whatever else the Florida primary might or might not have proved, it put a definite kink in the Media Theory of politics. It may be true, despite what happened to Lindsay and Muskie in Florida, that all you have to do to be President of the U.S.A. is look __ttractive_ on TV and have enough money to hire a Media Wizard. Only a fool or a linthead would argue with the logic at the root of the theory: If you want to sell yourself to a nation of TV addicts, you obviously can__ ignore the medium_ but the Florida vote at least served to remind a lot of people that the medium is only a tool, not a magic eye. In other words, if you want to be President of the U.S.A. and you__e certified __ttractive,_ the only other thing you have to worry about when you lay out all that money for a Media Wizard is whether or not you__e hiring a good one instead of a bungler_ and definitely lay off the Reds when you go to the studio.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
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Whatever else the Florida primary might or might not have proved, it put a definite kink in the Media Theory of politics. It may be true, despite what happened to Lindsay and Muskie in Florida, that all you have to do to be President of the U.S.A. is look __ttractive_ on TV and have enough money to hire a Media Wizard. Only a fool or a linthead would argue with the logic at the root of the theory: If you want to sell yourself to a nation of TV addicts, you obviously can__ ignore the medium_ but the Florida vote at least served to remind a lot of people that the medium is only a tool, not a magic eye. In other words, if you want to be President of the U.S.A. and you__e certified __ttractive,_ the only other thing you have to worry about when you lay out all that money for a Media Wizard is whether or not you__e hiring a good one instead of a bungler_ and definitely lay off the Reds when you go to the studio.
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