McCain Needs To Watch More TV

The similarities between the final season-and-a-half of The West Wing — a show which, during the Bush Administration*, I’ve pretended is a documentary about the real 43rd President, Josiah Bartlet and have been much happier for it indeed — and the current race are simply striking. Alan Alda cuts a much more impressive figure as the fake Doddering Old Guy that starts out a centrist and is pushed further and further Right by his preening campaign staff, and Jimmy Smits’s Matt Santos is a Latino with a hot blond wife, but still, the mirror-image is creepy. Frankly I’d vote for Jimmy Smits himself before I’d vote for McCain.* I said “Administration”! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! “The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.” AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Fuck me that’s funny.

If you’re interested in another look at nuclear power, a friend of mine wrote a pretty succinct breakdown of the ways it can be used safely that even Jed Bartlett might have a hard time arguing with.http://dansolomon.com/blog/2008/08/01/guest-post-atomic-power-was-given-by-the-mighty-hand-of-god/–d

I’ve been watching the 6th and 7th seasons of The West Wing and agree with Elvis – and you’re right. It’s borderline spooky.And while I’m not willing a nuclear accident on southern California – Johnny better keep his fingers crossed that there isn’t a nuclear ‘incident’ in the next few months.The good news is that Santo won. Fingers, legs, toes and eyes are all crossed for a similar outcome.