Celebrities have had such success as candidates in recent decades that we really ought to concentrate just on them and forget those drab legislators.
"Celebrity" is a loaded word, though. In a way, George Washington was the first celebrity president, and I could name several military heroes elected to executive positions who were basically unqualified. William Henry Harrison, for example.
But with the advent of George Murphy, Reagan, and now Schwarzenegger (all California governors), we've opened a new page in how we select our leaders.
Schwarzenegger is the best so far. He's a bonafide superstar, not a B-movie actor. He thinks what you think, promised to lower the vehicle licensing fee back down to what it was (which he did), and has huge pectoral muscles. And if you disagree with him, he's pretty quick with the homophobic insult. A real he-man, Arnold is.
We should do away with those boring debates and have a teevee show instead: "Candidates' Hot Tub." Physically unattractive candidates like Thompson and Kucinich could have their wives stand in for them. Maybe they could even work in a little mud wrestling.
The Constitution was a quaint little document, but hey, let's face it, the 18th century was ancient times. They didn't have the teevee or teevee dinners, computers or computer dating, smart bombs or prozac. And their religions didn't make them feel good, or do anything for their self-esteem.
We're more advanced than they were.
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