On playing SNL's sketch about the Vice Presidential debates in 2008:
... I thought the speeches that Jim Downey wrote for Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden were brilliant. Especially the stuff where Biden is trying to prove that he's not some Washington elite by talking about how he's from Scranton, Pennsylvania, "the most godforsaken place on earth." I thought that was ingenious, because not only was the ad hominen attack on Scranton a hilarious comedy left turn, it also exemplified what the election had become. Instead of talking about issues, everybody was trying to prove how "down-home" they were. "I'm just like you" was the subtext of every speech.
Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? "I'm not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I'm just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I'd like to cut your chest open." The crowd cheers.
This is exactly what I find so dumbfounding about our politics now - and going along with your previous post about lawyers. When people criticize Congress for being "just a bunch of lawyers" I have to ask, why would anyone want someone with no background in law *writing laws*? And why would someone want a president "just like me" or "just a regular person"? Is just anyone qualified to be president?
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