Something rotten in the state of Ohio

Jessica Clark

Oliver Willis reports that Green Party candidate David Cobb is currently winning in Ohio, according to the official election site. Hmmm. OK. And heroin use and transsexual partner adoption are this very minute being legalized via referendum in North Dakota and Georgia. Whatever.

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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