Obama Falls For It
I have an idea for a reality show. Here is the general idea. Parents are given a two week vacation, the children stay at home with a tv crew. The camera crew will exercise moderate supervision of the kids. Nothing big, ya know? Just keep them from killing themselves. But they allow them to do all the stupid things kids want to do when the parents are gone. They go to school in Halloween costumes, subsist entirely on Oreo cookies and Coke, and bathe once a week. They stay up until two am then fall asleep at school. They plaster their rooms with graffiti. They do all of the things parents typically stand in the way of. Then, at the end of the vacation, we watch the parents get totally humiliated while they watch the videos of their kids moronic behavior. Sound good? I'd be hooked. Now where did I get this idea? Watching our President.
Case in point. President Obama goes to the Summit of the Americas. Now, the "parents" are gone, right? Were they there when Raul Castro agreed to discuss a wide array of topics with Obama, their guidance would have come in handy. "Dad" could have quickly pulled Obama aside and said "Son, before you go off touting this as some type of success, remember these are tyrannical dictators. By 'discuss' they mean they will tell you why it is their prerogative to continue these actions". But no parents around, remember? They are on vacation.
Now when they get home, they see this interaction on video. This is where it gets interesting, folks. Because Dad and Mom are not naive little kids. They also tend to fear the worse. They begin fidgeting on the couch. The producer then sends the thing to commercial to let them sweat it out. While we the audience are on break, Mom and Dad have a frantic exchange. "He wouldn't be dumb enough to fall for that, would he"? That from Dad, of course. Mom chides him but is even more nervous. "You did tell him he can't trust people like that, right"?
Back from break, the cameras roll. They quickly recap the "kid's" convo with Raul. The setup. And then it happens. Dad hides his face in his hands. Mom turns her head, refusing to watch their beloved humiliate himself as she is forced to hear him do so none the less. What is happening? Obama's response is being played. ''The fact that you had Raúl Castro say he's willing to have his government discuss with ours not just issues of lifting the embargo, but issues of human rights, political prisoners, that's a sign of progress,''.
Now I know you liberals aren't completely able to follow me here, so I'll break this down another notch. You see, the parents know that the Castro's aren't going to discuss anything in the way the immature kid took it. They don't have to stick around to see Fidel's response. So at this point, the producer enters the camera scope and talks to the parents. He says something along the lines of "Now I hate to tell you, but this gets worse. Here is what your daughter Hillary had to say about the exchange". The parents groan and brace for the worse. The kids slump in their chairs behind them. The footage rolls. Daughter Hillary on tape this time saying "You can see there is beginning to be a debate, I mean this is a regime that is ending."
At this point, Dad loses it. "The regime is ending!?!? Did I raise you to be so stupid as to honestly believe these guys would walk away from power?" At this point they go back to break to let Dad get his bearing. They come back to watch the following video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv3MaErow1s&feature=player_embedded
The kids then of course attempt to defend their position but it turns into mindless banter and stuttering. "Uhh... Uhhh... We thought...". Dad explodes. "Yea, you thought! That's the problem".
The show would be great entertainment in my opinion. But will a network decide to run with it? Who knows. Either way, at least you got a little insight into me watching the news.