Smackdown the Candidates
Having just got back from a trip from the East Coast I settled in for a
relaxing evening to watch Monday Night Raw to watch the return of the
King of the Ring Tournament and try to shake off some of this jet lag.
I knew that they had be advertising some kinda match between Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama which I figured would just be like the
one they did for Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump; hire local
wrestlers and dress them up as the candidates and have a comedy
wrestling match (Which they did). What I wasn’t expecting was the
Presidential Candidates to actually show up on the show and address the
audiences with tape messages including John McCain.
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can call me Hillrod, This election is starting to feel a lot like 'King
of the Ring.' The only difference? The last man standing may just be a
woman."
"To the special interests who've been setting the agenda in Washington
for too long and to all the forces of division and distraction that has
stopped us from making progress, for the American people, I've got one
question: Do you smell what Barack is cooking?" Obama said borrowing
the famous catchphrase from wrestler turned actor Dwayne “The Rock”
Johnson
not to be left out McCain borrowed catchphrases from several wrestlers including Ric Flair, Triple H and Hulk Hogan.
"Looks like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to celebrate their
differences in the ring," McCain says. "Well, that's fine with me, but
let me tell you: If you want to be the man, you have to beat the man.
Come November, it'll be game over. And whatcha gonna do when John
McCain and all his McCainiacs run wild on you?"
I was completely surprised that the candidates would even do this but I
guess in today’s politics they want to reach every one they can, and
with WWE has always been a big support of voting with the “Smackdown
Your Vote!” campaign this was a perfect match.
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