Commentary: Imagine if Election Coverage was like Professional Wrestling

April 3, 2006 10:15 AM |

Jeff Smith's latest column, "Imagine if Election Coverage was like Professional Wrestling", has been posted in the commentary section of the website. In it, Jeff looks at Michigan's gubernatorial race and the similarities between it and the WWE:

What if the electoral process was more like the WWE? You know on second thought it kind of is. No, really. Let's think about this for a second. First, there is all the hype around the elections. Granholm vs DeVos, the Rumble in Michigan. Political commentators and pundits have been beating this drum for some time and it is only going to get better or worse, depending on where you sit in the audience. DeVos began running paid political ads in February, the earliest ever for a Governor's race in Michigan. Granholm's campaign responded by putting out a call to supporters for money so that they "can tell the truth about Dick DeVos and his wrong priorities for Michigan. Make the largest contribution you can today so that we can spread the truth immediately." OK, so the paid political ads are just promo spots to either slam the opponent or to generate good ratings, right? This is exactly what professional wrestling does. "I'm gonna crush my opponent. He has been deceiving you, but I'm gonna expose him for what he really is.

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