The Ultimate Reality Show – Last Candidate Standing

I watched every episode of Dancing with the Stars except the finale – our power went off right before it started and didn’t come back on until midnight! I wasn’t that upset because the longer Marie Osmond persevered, the more disinterested I’d become. I was thinking the other day, what if during the race for the primaries Mitt Romney develops a huge Mormon fan base, like Marie had, and it keeps him in the running long after he should be voted off? Americans have to vote or the best and most talented won’t win, that is what the host of every reality show proclaims! Then my imagination ran wild and I started thinking about the candidates and how well they would fair on a reality or game show. Stay with me as I take a trip into my imagination.

Bill Richardson - The Apprentice – Bill said, in reference to improving the economy, “Our nation is more than a piece of land or a set of laws. Our nation embodies the belief that tomorrow can be better than today.” Since tomorrow never comes and we need solutions for today; you’re fired!

Rudy Giuliani – Fear Factor – Rudy can eat anything from hissing NY cockroaches to mafia crime bosses, he can swing from the Empire State Building, and submerge in a tank of water from the East River without a wetsuit. Being fearless is good to a point but what is also needed in the White House are strong morals, loyalty, and fidelity – America has enough bad role models!

Mike Huckabee – The Biggest Loser – I admire Mike for losing over 100 pounds but so did Richard Simons. Not a prerequisite for running our country. 

Fred Thompson – Second Chance: America’s Most Talented Senior - he left Hollywood for politics, he left politics for Hollywood, and now he as left Hollywood to go back to politics. What if midterm he wants to go back to Hollywood? Besides I can’t stop the voice in my head that’s saying, “I’m not really the president, I just play one on TV!”

John McCain – Survivor: Vietnam – I know he is strong and can battle adversity; I would never discount his military service or victories over cancer but he IS older than dirt and I’m not sure he has it in him to also win Survivor: White House!

Hillary Clinton – Mom, Wife, and Bounty Hunter – I wonder if Hillary is as awkward in the wife and mom roles as is Sandra Scott (the host of the reality series). Maybe the show should be called, Bounty Hunter, Mom, and Wife instead. Bounty hunters often have a propensity for vigilantism, or, for doing things their way and enacting their own form of justice. Perhaps in this role Hillary could catch Osama Bin ladan.

John Edwards – The Weakest Link – good-bye!

Joe Biden – Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?  Joe might do okay on this show if he is not asked to spell ROTC.

So at this point you may be wondering if there are any reality show winners in my mind.

Barack Obama - the next American Idol! He is fresh, creative, charismatic, takes Simon’s criticism and gets stronger, and has an original voice that will win the votes of the viewers as he progresses in the competition. He is the dark horse – no pun intended!

Well I guess it remains to be seen, who will win The Amazing Race!

I listen to Sean Hannity whenever I get the chance and I agree with him that having Billary Clinton (I made that up myself) in the Oval Office again would be disastrous. However, Hannity has it all wrong regarding the scary possibility of the influence of Mormonism in the Whitehouse. Mormons may be “the nicest people in the world” but they are required to be so that they may reign one day with God in heaven, as His equal. Hearing him defend Mitt Romney and Mormonism recently on his radio program motivated me to investigate the beliefs of the LDSs and the beliefs of other democratic and republican candidate hopefuls. What I found out about Mormonism set my Christian spirit reeling. Mr. Hannity’s ballyhoo on Mormons being giving, caring, and great humanitarians is fine, I don’t doubt that, but it discounts Biblical scripture which talks about “good works” and all they will earn you in the long run - bupkis. I do not want a President who falsely believes he can EARN joint custody of the human race.

When I read all I could stomach on Mormonism I went to Barack Obama’s website and there I stayed for the rest of the afternoon – I’m impressed and I was engaged in his speech on faith and politics, go to http://www.barackobama.com/issues/faith/ to hear for yourself. I need to vote for a person who believes in God and who can synergize faith and politics. Obama takes us back to our American “in God we trust” Christian underpinning and away from the idiosyncrasies of organized religions. However, this is not the only reason I like Barack Obama – stay tuned for the next blog entry…