Politicians who point
With the election in full swing, we are now
being forced to see that same photo we have been seeing for years - you
know, that photo taken from the ground of the candidate standing on the
podium (usually with his wife somewhat dragging him somewhere) with a big
stupid grin/smile on his goofy face with his arm straight out, leaning and
pointing his index finger at some dumbfuck in the audience.
That picture has that same artificial feel
that seems to say "Yes we did - I told you ... You ... YOU ... I am pointing
at YOU mister."
You get the feel that the candidate has an
earpiece getting instructions from his campaign manager ... "Smile
Senator" ... "Look at your wife" ... "Fake a smile at her
too" ...
Then as the rally begins to wind down, the
campaign manager says
... "Shit Senator, you haven't pointed
your finger yet, point your finger now"
At whom?
... Anyone you idiot, the camera is
pointed at you so no one knows who you're looking at (holds his hand
over the phone and says to an Aid - "jeeeesssuusss, he's fucking dumb)
So the Senator gets that stupid smile that
can only be generated from a deep pool of shallow charisma and points to
someone (probably some dude who doesn't give a shit about politics but does
want to bang every possible volunteer he can find while pretending to give a
crap) ...
So there you go ... another big-time
politician-pointing motherfucker strikes again.