Chad Johnson…oops. My bad. Chad Ocho Cinco…nevermind. But if you’re gonna change your name to a number, wouldn’t it at least make sense to make it a grammatically correct number? But I guess that doesn’t matter so much.
Sticking with football, I guess as far as things that boggle the mind go, Chad Johnson (cuz I can’t believe he’ll be Ocho Cinco for ever) is mildly interesting, but not that serious. It’s the type of thing that gets people talking, but it ultimately of no consequence. The Shawne Merriman situation, on the other hand, is something significant. Dude has two damaged ligaments in his knee, with doctor after doctor telling him that playing this season could potentially end his career, but he’s decided that he’s gonna go ahead and play. Yeah, it’s his body, but that’s not a wise decision at all. For all Chad Johnson’s foolishness, it’s just that: something to laugh about. That Shawne Merriman thinks this season is worth the potential of all other seasons is borderline tragic.
I guess I’m on ‘yeah, ummm’ status about John McCain’s selection of running mate, too. While I definitely think it’s a bold pick, and has gotten him a lot more attention than somebody like Tom Ridge, I’m curious about what it’ll mean in the long run. For a candidate who was going to try to use his opponent’s lack of experience against him, it’s very curious that he would select a running mate who brings that very weakness to the ticket. In McCain’s case, however, it might even be a little more significant, since he’s getting up there in age. But I like the moxy of the pick. He’s all on some Game ON!
What I guess I’m really ‘ummming’ is the initial reaction. Really, I guess it’s what I should expect. Partisan cheerleading. Picking Palin is a bold play, but it’s not a slam dunk by any means. Because I’m cynical about politics, I’m almost expecting Palin to play the foreground for a while and then something will come up and McCain’s real choice will come forward. Not saying that it will happen, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it did.
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The thing about Shawne Merriman is the team’s doctors are saying he can play.
Uhhh….. WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Avery,
I have some good virtual friends with ties to Alaska who have written about Palin, and if you’re curious what they say is very interesting. (http://stonekettlestation.blogspot.com/2008/08/worst-kept-secret-in-ohio.html and http://smugpuppies.com/2008/08/30/sarah-palin/)
I know politics isn’t really your thing, but what they wrote is very interesting.
And football? I have to things to say: 1) GO MOUNTAINEERS! and 2) Michigan LOST!
Palin pick is somewhat a wash- she’ll attract disaffected Dem and indie women voters w/o college degrees- who would have leaned GOP anyhoo. The selection also insults most of their college-educated Dem female counterparts, who view it as desperate pandering. But the latter are heavily concentrated in states Obama would have carries anyway.
The wild card is Ohio, w/ millions of lady grads from OSU, Ohio U., Cincy, Dayton, (liberal Otterbein, Wittenberg and Denison), John Carroll, and Miami- a millions of women who are Catholic.
Merriman is making a mistake, and there is virtually no way he can survive a 16+ game season.
There really isn’t anything special about Palin. Chris Rock said his only job as a father is to keep his daughter “off the pole.” For all the sactimony, Palin fails the mother test.