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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Presidential Primaries and Professional Wrestling

Sorry for two professional wrestling related posts in a row, but when stories like these occur I can't help but say something.

This week on WWE Raw the three remaining presidential candidates appeared to speak to the viewers. That would have been fine so to reach out to possible voters, particularly those sometimes hard to reach 18-25 year old males, but their use of wrestling catchprases in their statements seemed more than odd. Is this really the image that all three of the candidates want to put forth.

See their statements below in the first video (they're played back-to-back) and form your own opinion. The last two videos below is the set-up to an actual wrestling match that took place on the show, between wrestlers imitating Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama. Their actual match ended when one of the WWE's wrestlers, Umaga, came in and pummeled both candidates. I watched that wondering what kind of a message the WWE itself is trying to put forth about these two Democratic candidates.



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