"The American constitution pre-sently forbids anyone born outside the US from becoming president, but it is readying itself for a facelift. Amending the constitution may require approval by two-thirds majorities in both the House and the Senate as well as by three-quarters of the states, but Americans have just strengthened the Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, and most state governments are red. The President’s support is also likely: when the going got tough this fall, Arnie stumped for Dubya in crucial swing states like Ohio. Since 1868, twelve attempts to remove the restriction on foreign-born presidents have failed, but thirteen may be the Republicans’ lucky number.
Democrats know this, and are scared. Twelve, possibly even sixteen, years of Republican rule would render America unrecognizable to them.
This is why Stewart is the Democratic Party’s best bet. The Terminator’s entrance into the national political arena will be the ultimate act of spin, suggesting that America has become a movie about itself. And not a good movie, either. If you thought tarnishing John Kerry’s Purple Heart and selling President Bush as a down-home second coming was bad, just wait. Should the country descend further into debt, civil strife and a costly Middle Eastern morass, Republican strategist Karl Rove could easily tap into voter anxiety by selling a mythic Arnie.
Consider what Rove could do with Collateral Damage, a film that features the Governor chasing down terrorists and getting revenge. It’s the ultimate electoral fantasy. Since Arnie is a centrist, it won’t just be Bible-thumpers voting for him in 2008—it’ll be Democrats too. Spin, having decisively defeated reality, will rule.
Jon Stewart is the antidote, the anti-spin."
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