Long Running Drama

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Question: Which movie or TV show starring a Presidential candidate would you most love/hate to see?

A. Anything Chuck Norris with Mike Huckabee as the good natured but doomed sidekick
B. A Fist Full of Dollars starring Barack Obama as Clint Eastwood and Mitt Romney as the suspiciously eyebrowed villain
C. The Godfather with John McCain as the Godfather, Rudy Giuliani as Councelieri, (wait switch that) and Mitt Romney as 'Sonny'(wait, switch that any way)
D. Robin Hood starring John Edwards instead of Kevin Costner
E. The whole red and blue crew as the Republic Council in Star Wars, with Barack Obama as the Luke Skywalker discovering his blood relationship to Darth Vader played by Dick Cheney (yeah you've heard the last part before so subtract 5 from originality)
F. Scrubs starring Hillary as Eliot, John Edwards as J.D. (J.E.?), and Barack as Turk
G. Dr. Strangelove with Arnold Shwartzenegger as General 'Buck' Turgidson and Ann Coulter as Dr. Strangelove

Hillary's statement that 'you campaign in poery but you govern in prose' would take her further if Barack's speeches rhymed in couplets:

Let's bring people together
On the war we said never

I'll still be friends with Hillary
After I get tough with Billary

Hillary could also have said is her campaign is TV while Barack's is a movie.

Hill and Bill are from, of, and for the TV generation. Like a sitcom their drama is a result of their all too human character traits, and external forces figure second. But they're a big popular show: ER, The Simpsons, Bat Gat. They're no daytime soap, (although they borrow a plot line now and then). The are a well respected, if long running program. The smiles are still radiant and the lines are still clever. But they're into the 11th season by now and they don't look like they're enjoying it as much as they used to.

Meanwhile Barack Obama is starring in the role he seems born to play. It's like The Lion King were it an intensely serious adult drama. His words might be poetry but his themes and ideas are long and deep and serious like a film. He is the most presidential and dignified political presence some of us have ever seen, and when he gives a victory speech it's like my 22 inch screen starts to grow, the lights go low, and someone passes the popcorn.

This political season is the best entertainment going because of Barack. Even if he doesn't win (yeah right) I'll always feel like I've seen what a real president should look like and be. It's like he's destined for the role, and like it was written for him. For some of us, whether Obama fails or succeeds will determine whether we're watching a heroic or tragic drama.

The trailer for Barack Obama is playing every day now. It's playing during "The Clintons" prime-time spot. It looks like it's gonna live up to the hype after all. Everyone's wants to see it. If they don't release it because a Hollywood Dynasty flipped the jealous switch there's gonna be some seriously ticked off people.

But Americans watch a whole lot of TV. "The Clintons" have been running a long, long time. They're begging us to keep watching and not ditch them for the big new show. If they go off the air we'll feel bad and we'll miss 'em. But will we take a chance on a big movie night anyway? Hell yes! We can stay home and bathe in the warm mind numbing glow of the TV set any day.

Christian