Posted on 04/24/2008 9:55:20 AM PDT by guyshomenet
It has been a long and slow devolution from the Federalist Papers to Monday Night Raw.
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Monday night, in a state of utter disbelief, I witnessed the intersection of surrealism that may portend the downfall of America. Osama bin Laden could not have devised a more fiendish way of eradicating American self respect, or of amplifying inanity to near-atomic destructive levels.
Our presidential candidates appeared and talked smack on a professional wrestling television program.
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When I caught wind that McCain, Clinton and Obama would make appearances on a wrestling telecast, I had an overwhelming urge to crack open a fresh bottle of Jack Daniels.
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Now seeing that politicians are even worse actors than the wrestlers only goes to prove that they shouldn’t be trusted with changing the oil in your car much less a global economy or nuclear missiles.
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Presidential candidates mimicking wrestlers was the culmination of cultivating the mindless voting block — the more easily duped drones with voter ID cards. Presidential rhetorical body slams are the political pitch for the new voting majority.
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Politicos have blazed an easier path by farm-raising a group of voters who emotively adopt trivial messaging — like “change”, “hope” and “smack-down” — instead of well considered evaluation of issues, positions and the automatic rejection of candidates with documented or suspected drug use.
(Excerpt) Read more at guysmith.org ...
They’re appealing to the bread and circuses crowd.
The whole thing has been nothing but a purse fight so far.
Whoa. I watched the video of the candidates (it’s linked in the above article) and I must say that while I don’t buy into the author’s elitism, I have to agree that this is another sign of the coming apocalypse.
I suppose I should be charitable and just chalk it up to the candidates having a little fun—at their own expense. But I am surprised that this episode was never brought up in the MSM.
Chelsea trolling the homosexual bars was far more repugnant
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