This is Fakename’s political comentary on last week’s notable events. Sure, the event of the week was probably the farewell of Sarah Palin, but I will pass on that one. Other than to say that the Cafferty blog on CNN asked the question, “Have the media been unfair to Sarah Palin?” Among the comments were several which said, No, the media have been unfair to us by continuing to cover her irrational blatherings. The very best comment, however, was from a guy who said that Sarah Palin’s ego wrote a check her brain can’t cash.
No, today’s political topic arises as a result of my channel-surfing over the weekend, having nothing better to do, when I happened to cruise through the Fox News Channel a couple of times. On one of those occasions, I happened to catch…The Mike Huckabee Show. How could I resist?
I caught it at the very beginning, when Mike was enthusiastically telling us the exciting lineup of guests he had in store for us, including…..hold your breath…drum roll please…MC Hammer. Say what? Talk about your D-List has-beens. Plus I was wondering if MC was going to perform and do the crotch-grabbing thing with half-naked dancers in the background on a talk show hosted by a Baptist preacher. I really, really wanted to see that.
Unfortunately, I was totally unable to make it that long. The first guest was…another drum roll….former Vice President…Dan Quayle. Please see above re: D-list has-beens. Dan Quayle! Seriously–is there anybody in America who still wants to hear what Dan Quayle has to say? Is there anybody in America who ever did? Actually, a better question may be: What percentage of Americans even know who Dan Quayle is? Dan Quayle is like a bad “Jeopardy!” question. The answer is: Warren G. Harding’s vice president. The question is, “Who was Elmore T. Snizzlepoof?” Who the hell cares?
Apparently this was some sort of pilot program (I feel so lucky to have gotten in on the ground floor of this exciting opportunity!), since once Mike and Dan were seated, Mike explained that the entire audience consisted of Fox New interns. “But Mike”, said Dan, “Don’t you find that young people always ask the most relevant questions?”
“Why yes, Dan”, Mike replied, “I certainly do”. I was so overwhelmed by the depth of this exchange that I almost electrocuted myself pushing the buttons on the remote control. I think all remote control devices should have a button which says “Anywhere but here”.
I hereby invite all readers of this blog to help me start a list of cutting-edge guests we can suggest to Mike for his future shows (assuming there are any). I’ll start with my personal favorite: William Shatner.
