Fit to be Fried

Of course she’s open to becoming Obama’s running mate. Wasn’t she saying something earlier this week alluding to the possibility of BHO being assasinated if he won the presidential election. I wonder who’d become the President then? Oh yeah… THE VICE PRESIDENT. She might as well tell him she’s going to put out a hit on him. If she gets the VP nod and he gets elected, I’m gonna start a pool in Vegas over how long Obama will have before he gets whacked. I’m putting my money on a month, any takers?

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Clinton open to being Obama’s running mate | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton told supporters on Tuesday that she is open to being Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate, a Democratic lawmaker and a party aide said.

Clinton, the former first lady and New York senator who appears on the verge of losing the Democratic presidential nomination to Obama, made the comment in a conference call with fellow members of her state’s congressional delegation.

semperfried76 is the last hope for humanity.
Too bad he hates you all.

“She said she would do whatever is necessary in order to make certain that we win, and serving as vice president would be one of the things she would be willing to do,” Rep. Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat and Clinton backer, told Reuters.

A Democratic party aide described the conversation in a similar manner, and quoted Clinton as saying, “I am open to it.”

I’m sorry for being so late with this post, but this site wasn’t even truly live yet when the events described occurred, so I hope you’ll forgive me. Even if you don’t, I don’t care, what I’m about to say needs to be said, pure and simple.

A few weeks ago, John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton each made a taped speech on WWE’s Monday Night RAW. For those of you who’ve been locked up in a bamboo cage in southeast Asia for the past couple of decades, RAW is pro-wrestling’s biggest television venue, and I’ve been a loyal viewer ever since Mankind got his ass handed to him by the Undertaker in his 1999 Hell in a Cell match* (yes, I know that was on a pay-per-view, King of the Ring, I think, but it’s what got me back into wrestling) ¹

Anyways, I was watching RAW the night the candidates made their appearances, and what I saw left my jaw hanging down to the ground, and dashed any hopes I had for the future of politics in America. Some may say I’m being too serious, that it was all in fun. THE HELL WITH THAT. What the hell does fun have to do with anything in a presidential election? Pardon the fuck out of me for thinking that this is something that should be treated with the most grave and solemn of attitudes, and that someone who wishes to be the next leader of the free world should have some damn respect for the office. Nobody remembers Nixon going on Laugh-In and saying “Sock it to me?” A lot of people think that’s how he won the 1968 election, because his opponent, Hubert Humphrey, had declined making an appearance². Is that what you want? Another Nixon? Do we need another Bill Clinton, appearing on talk shows in sunglasses and playing a sax?

This is how they get you, America, by making you laugh without letting on that all they’re doing is talking down to you. The politicos think you are too damn stupid to understand or be interested in the real issues, and so instead the pander to the lowest common denominator, turning what should be the most important decision we’ll make in the next four years into nothing more than a Junior High School popularity-contest-style student council election. I, for one, refuse to vote for anyone who’s going to talk down to me, as if I were a child who knew no better, and even if it mean throwing my vote away on someone who has no hope of winning the election, I will not be voting for McCain, nor will I vote for whichever Democrat wins the primary. Fuck all three of the bastards, sez I. Say what you like about Ronald Reagan, but at least he respected and revered the office. Sure Reagan liked to crack jokes, but most of the time, he kept it subtle³, and even though he preferred not to, he was never seen in the Oval Office without a suit-jacket and tie.

Our next president should be so professional, and these three clowns should shut the fuck up.

For any one who’s interested in having their intelligence insulted, here are the links to the offending speeches, which some kind soul was gracious enough to post on YouTube.com

1. Clinton
2. Obama
3. McCain

Just a quick P.S., I’ve been unable to watch WWE’s RAW with any real interest since that night. I think it might be some sort of “Clockwork Orange” style associative aversion sort of thing, like Alex, the main character of the book and movie of the same name, had when he was exposed to his own aversion therapy while being forced to listen to his favorite Beethoven symphony. So, that’s another reason I have to dislike all three candidates. Thanks, guys, for robbing me of something I once enjoyed- I’m sure it won’t be the last time.
Wankers.