Had a brief thought on the treadmill. We’ve entered a perpetual election cycle. Sports and politics have merged in one respect: They’re really more about entertainment than competition. That said, politics seems to clog an inordinate amount of time in our media. Professional sports realized a long time ago that it was easier to create your own venue than fight for airtime in the mainstream. ESPN was born. We need an ESPN for politics. Some little television/web/print home where all the political entertainers can run off and play their games, thereby freeing up valuable time and space in other venues to discuss real issues. It could play out like the World Wrestling Federation/World Championship Wrestling ‘wars’ of the ‘90s. Jessie Ventura could get his old gig back as an announcer. Can’t you just see him standing there in a tux, doing a standup with Barack Obama.
Jessie: “What do you have to say to your opponent?
Barack: “We’re coming at those puny little Republicans. When they feel the power of our drug rehabilitation program they’re gonna quake in their boots and run home to momma! We’re gonna bleed their quorum and smash their filibuster! I’m telling you brother!”
Jessie: “That’s gotta hurt, Gene! Back to you in the booth.”
And so on, and so on. I think it should be a law that in all debates the participants will have to wear masks like Mexican wrestlers. Maybe it would even spawn a chain of political themed restaurants. They could serve endangered spotted owl to the red side of the restaurant and Tofurkey on the blue side. Republicans would pay for their meals on maxed out credit cards. Democrats would try to barter services for their dinners. This has enormous downrange potential.
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