The Pendragon's Hall

Does anyone believe this? Fox News ran a story today on what the 2008 presidential candidates would be doing if they were not in politics. In the latest example of how Democrats posture shamelessly even in stupid instances like this, only the Republican candidates appeared to take the interview at all seriously. Mitt Romney said he would be an auto executive...well, that makes sense, he used to work with cars. Giuliani said he would be a sports announcer...man, do I wish this were reality! But yeah, that's a plausible alternative I guess. Sam Brownback, I guess, wants to be a farmer...well, sure, he's from Kansas. And Mike Huckabee, who is actually in a band (the reasons not to vote for this guy are mounting by the day), would like to cut a cd track apparently. Even the one honorable Democrat running (Bill Richardson) said he would want to play baseball...I get all of these. But does anyone seriously believe that Obama would be an architect? That Hillary would be in a university? OK, as head of the College Greens yeah maybe, but as a thinker? I don't see it. It's just her way, like dropping Rodham from her name, of telling people, "This all I want to do." And Fox naively believes she let her guard down. Not her! But seriously, does anyone really believe Edwards would choose to be "a mill supervisor"!? Oh please, now he's really stretching it. Whatever pangs of conscience his lawyer-status affords him, I'm sure being worth $25 million makes it easier. And Dennis Kucinich would have wanted to be an astronaut?! Actually I take it back--that one makes sense. If you're already a space cadet...why not go the whole way? I'm willing to pay for the rocket.

It's a good thing the hopeful Pendragon has a sense of humor or even the distant prospect of one of these clowns running the country would plunge him into a pit of depression.