Sunday, August 31, 2008

Ron Burgundy for President?

All right. It's time to get political.
How many of you remember the movie Anchorman? I made a mistake of watching the unrated version, primarily because it's all the video stores offer. Anyway, it's very funny.
If you haven't watched it, quick plot. Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy, a 70's (I think) news anchor who is a big facade. He doesn't exist past the personality he exudes in front of the camera.
Anyway, Christina Applegate's character is brought in to be his co-anchor, and a feud ensues. She discovers his dependency on the teleprompter. He's nothing without it. So she has the operator change his ending catchphrase from "You stay classy, San Diego," to "Go F- yourself, San Diego." It ruins him for a time.
There is a candidate for President this year JUST like Ron Burgundy. In front of the prompter, he is powerful. He is stately. He is charismatic. He is almost god-like! When the prompter goes off, he stutters, stammers, er, um, er, um, well... he's useless! He doesn't have original thought in his head, he just repeats lines and doctrines that have been placed in his head for all these years.
He is an empty suit running an empty campaign full of empty promises.
He is Barack Obama. He is dangerous, and he wants to be President.
Now you stay classy.

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