Obama, Clinton, and McCain on WWE
All three videos are pretty painful to watch.
Sen. Barack Obama:
Notice he didn’t mention pulling out of Iraq. Do WWE fans skew pro-war?
Sen. Hilary Clinton:
I don’t get “Hill-rod.” She did mention Iraq.
Sen. John McCain:
This one’s the most painful to watch as McCain hams it up. He probably remembers watching The Crusher a few decades ago. And did you know wrestling fans aren’t bitter because wrestling “is about celebrating our freedom.” Er, okay.
Yet, I think McCain did the best connecting to WWE fans. He looks like the cool grandfather who actually watches pro wrestling.
Kathleen Parker didn’t approve of this:
Talkin’ tough never looked sillier — nor a presidential race more embarrassing. Give people enough time and exposure and they’ll eventually become caricatures of themselves. This week, Hillary “Annie Oakley” Clinton, Barack “Howard Dean” Obama, and John “I Was A POW” McCain proved the rule, surpassingly, with ads prepared for a special episode of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw that aired on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary.
Could this be any worse than the 19th century elections where political parties got voters drunk before sending them off to the polls? At least we didn’t have to endure seeing Sen. Clinton come out in spandex.
