Bush Delivers Hard Hit...In a Rugy Match

Ok. I'm still waiting for the part that's actually newsworthy.

The fact that people are emailing around pictures of a hard hit in a rugby match -- as some kind of negative against the president -- is laughable. Isn't rugby a tough sport? What's wrong with working a guy over a bit? And why on earth would this have any bearing on someone's character? Next we'll hear the shocking story of how Kerry got his paddle wet in a crew meet.

While this picture is funny on the surface, the fact that people are trying to make this somehow indicative of his personality or character is beyond me. More than anything else, it's a sign to me of how ridiculous this political battle has gotten. Maybe I'm just a goon, but I think that this type of activity does much more damage than harm.

In the bigger picture, though, I think that this is actually quite troubling. In this environment (24 hour cable news world, multi-million blog "reporters"*, sopshisticated micro-demo polling and subsequent highly targeted communications schemes, etc.), would any real person ever choose to run for office?

* Yes, I know that I'm part of the problem with my 2 person audience blog.

Comments

[Ben Geyerhahn]

You're being a little unfair. I think at least 6 people read this blog.

[Lish]

I gotta keep reminding myself to check in... when I do check in, I think that makes 7.