Have you ever watched "The Office" and had that fingernails-down-a-blackboard shudder as Michael Scott announces another inappropriate and 
remarkably misguided idea? Well, I got it while watching real "Americans" in Right America, Feeling Wronged- Some Voices From the Campaign Trail on HBO Monday night. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry or just feel disgusted at some of the people that Alexandra Pelosi uncovered.
I realize that some of you may have a knee-jerk reaction to the daughter of Nancy Pelosi doing a documentary on the McCain campaign. Let me just point out that this is not her first documentary. In the others I have seen ("Diary of a Political Tourist" and "Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi") she gives people who feel their voices aren't being heard, a chance to speak their mind. Despite that fact, because of her name, she was spit on and harassed at many of the events she covered. She is quick to point out that she was also thanked at many of the events. Many recognized her effort to give voice to people who feel they weren't being given fair coverage by the "liberal media"; a term that clearly covers everyone with a press pass that doesn't say "Fox News" on it.
In one scene, a McCain supporter pleads with the rest of America to vote for someone who's more "like us". The supporter goes on to point out that anyone who was raised in Hawaii and attended Columbia and Havard Law School just won't understand the needs of everyday "folks". Like who? George Bush? His father? A movie star from California? A naval officer who attended Annapolis and married into so much wealth he doesn't know how many homes he owns? Yeah, they all have everyday concerns. When hiring someone to run my country, I look at the resume. The education counts for something. Just because someone proved their heroism as a POW, does not ALONE qualify them to run the country. It qualifies them for a medal. It qualifies them to have stadiums, streets and schools named after them and as far as I'm concerned they should never have to work a day in their lives again. It qualifies them for my gratitude. Admiration for John McCain oozes from every pore of my body, but some of the people who show up in this documentary are foolish. One truck driver said he would never vote for a (n-word) for president. Welcome to the twenty-first century, folks! These "folks" should be tried, convicted and sentenced to watch the video of their own statements in four years. I mean, really.
Now, there were a few reasonably intelligent people who expressed their views, as well. It was nice to hear from them. I understand their disappointment and frustration, having lived it myself for the last eight years. They are entitled to their opinion. I'm obliged to disagree.
Truly, though, they have nothing to worry about. It will take at least that long to undo one-tenth of the damage the last administration did.
I encourage you all to watch this film and make up your own mind. It's at least worth an innapropriate chuckle or two. You might even think of Michael Scott or Dwight Schrute.
remarkably misguided idea? Well, I got it while watching real "Americans" in Right America, Feeling Wronged- Some Voices From the Campaign Trail on HBO Monday night. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry or just feel disgusted at some of the people that Alexandra Pelosi uncovered.I realize that some of you may have a knee-jerk reaction to the daughter of Nancy Pelosi doing a documentary on the McCain campaign. Let me just point out that this is not her first documentary. In the others I have seen ("Diary of a Political Tourist" and "Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi") she gives people who feel their voices aren't being heard, a chance to speak their mind. Despite that fact, because of her name, she was spit on and harassed at many of the events she covered. She is quick to point out that she was also thanked at many of the events. Many recognized her effort to give voice to people who feel they weren't being given fair coverage by the "liberal media"; a term that clearly covers everyone with a press pass that doesn't say "Fox News" on it.
In one scene, a McCain supporter pleads with the rest of America to vote for someone who's more "like us". The supporter goes on to point out that anyone who was raised in Hawaii and attended Columbia and Havard Law School just won't understand the needs of everyday "folks". Like who? George Bush? His father? A movie star from California? A naval officer who attended Annapolis and married into so much wealth he doesn't know how many homes he owns? Yeah, they all have everyday concerns. When hiring someone to run my country, I look at the resume. The education counts for something. Just because someone proved their heroism as a POW, does not ALONE qualify them to run the country. It qualifies them for a medal. It qualifies them to have stadiums, streets and schools named after them and as far as I'm concerned they should never have to work a day in their lives again. It qualifies them for my gratitude. Admiration for John McCain oozes from every pore of my body, but some of the people who show up in this documentary are foolish. One truck driver said he would never vote for a (n-word) for president. Welcome to the twenty-first century, folks! These "folks" should be tried, convicted and sentenced to watch the video of their own statements in four years. I mean, really.
Now, there were a few reasonably intelligent people who expressed their views, as well. It was nice to hear from them. I understand their disappointment and frustration, having lived it myself for the last eight years. They are entitled to their opinion. I'm obliged to disagree.
Truly, though, they have nothing to worry about. It will take at least that long to undo one-tenth of the damage the last administration did.
I encourage you all to watch this film and make up your own mind. It's at least worth an innapropriate chuckle or two. You might even think of Michael Scott or Dwight Schrute.
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