The Sleeper Issue of '08: 1980s Kitsch

If you had told me back in 1988 that the political endorsements that would make the news would be those of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, I imagine that I would have said, "AWESOME!"

That's because I was a ten year-old boy in 1988.

Seriously, why are the fake superheroes of the 1980's so culturally relevant? Who will Sylvester Stallone endorse? How did McCain get Arnold's endorsement anyway? I imagine that there was a conference call that went something like this:

Arnold: This is good, but what is best in life?
Mitt Romney: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Arnold: Wrong! John McCain! What is best in life?
John McCain: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Arnold: That is good! That is good.

Actually, that may have also been the conversation that earned McCain's Giuliani endorsement too. What about Obama and Hogan? Will Hogan offer to let Obama use this as his campaign song:

I can only hope so.

Rudy, have you no decency?!

This guy talks about how he's got such a great rep as terror fighter and how he's got a 9/12/01 mindset. Except, no one would be so tasteless as to pull this kind of fundraising bullshit on 9/12/01. What a tasteless asshole. I was remaining semi-agnostic on the GOP nominations (though Paul would be a treat), but now I think Rudy officially deserves to lose. He should immediately donate all those $9.11 pledges to a charity for firefighters.

Giuliani Pisses Off Firefighters - Again

It looks like Rudy is overplaying his 9/11 hand once again. This may well backfire worse than the whole swift-boat thing did for John Kerry. The fact that he's probably become a multi-millionaire out of 9/11 doesn't look great either. I'm starting to wonder whether Rudy may be the next candidate to crash and burn. He's on top these days, but he may have peaked too soon.