For all practical purposes in this 2008 Presidential election, we might as well spin the wheel and see who’ll be running things for the next 4 years. Party lines are being crossed, and it’s down to the wire-more of a question of black or red- “Do we vote for the black man or the woman?” ” Is he too old?” “Is she too much like Barbie?” “Is he really Muslim?” “Will he just be another Bush?” With all these questions circulating, maybe we’re going about it the wrong way.
Instead of speculating who might do the best job, we can employ the rule of opposites. Who will make America look the worst during their term? Saturday Night Live and other comedians have been having a big laugh lately making the candidates look stupid, incompetent, and even downright ditzy. Are we prepared for the onslaught of political blunders displayed around the world?
Can we handle minute by minute hospital footage of John McCain’s every small sniffle because of those who bate their breath waiting for he moment of proof that maybe he’s too old to run the country? Or folksy Sarah Palin’s continuing saga of As the World Turns with her family, non-existent foreign relations, and her not so presidential-like Hey ya’ll to her basketball girls in Alaska.
On the other hand what if well dressed Obama shows up wearing gold chains and low rider pants, speaking to “the brothers” out there and slowly turns our white conservative atmosphere into a racial free for all? Plus what is this masquerade about Biden being just like the “regular Joe” out there? With a $350 thousand dollar house and all the trimmings. I don’t think so.
Do we really need to give the world’s biggest players more ammunition to discredit America? Is there a snowball’s chance in (you know where) that any of the candidates can stand up to Putin, Sarkozy, Merkel, Brown, Hu Jintao, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, …….and be totally credible, in the eyes of Europe? Sure it’s only 4 years, but a lot can go down the drain pretty rapidly and with anti-American sentiment already running at an all time high, being an American in a foreign land having to defend your country’s policies every waking moment is like trying to stop a tidal wave with a Q-tip.
So let’s just spin the wheel. Accept where it falls and get on with life as it will be. At least we’ll be assured in the days to come that it was just the luck of he draw.
