From time to time, I will comment on current trends and predict where things are heading. I call this series "Taking It To The Next Level."
Let's start with the status of the Office Of The President. As we all know, Presidential prestige has been in decline for decades now. The downgrade of Presidential prestige started innocently enough when Jimmy Carter got the shit scared out of him by... WAIT FOR IT... a rabbit! There was no way he was going to win re-election after that.
So in comes President George HW Bush. He lessens the status of our country's Head of State going to a foreign land (Japan) and vomiting on its's Prime Minister. Not really his fault, since it was probably bad sushi. Those sneaky Japanese! But still, a blow the Office Of The President nonetheless.
Once Bill Clinton takes the Oval Office, things start to get really crazy. Jizzing on an intern's dress and cigar-banging her. Not that these acts are bad, necessarily. The main problem was that the entire fiasco played out on 24 hour cable news.
George W Bush... actually, under his watch, the status of the Office Of The President got a temporary reprieve. Big ups to "W" for doing it old school and upholding the prestige of his office.
We all know the latest incident, where Congressman Joe Wilson yells out "You lie!" to Barack Obama during an address to a joint session of Congress.
So what can we expect for the rest of the Obama administration and beyond? What would be Taking It To The Next Level? I predict that during a future State Of The Union Address, the cameras will cut to the audience and we'll catch some random Congressman from some lame-ass Gerrymandered district rolling his eyes and making a "jerk off" motion with his hand. Yes, that's what it's coming down to.
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