Arizona is embarrassed

The video you are about to watch will cause extreme embarrassment to residents of Arizona. I know it embarrassed the heck out of me not only because I am a former resident of Arizona, but a fan of the Office.

Let the games begin:



I don't know what was worse though, the joke Jon Stewart made that Hillary Clinton should be his VP or McCain (POORLY) reading Dwight's name off the cue card... Does he even know who Dwight is? (Or how to act?) SERIOUSLY.

A member of the LiveJournal Office board I'm on, which is where I found this, made this comment about McCain's attempt at hipness: "I love how completely transparent his attempt at hipness was. C'mon McCain...don't you even want to make the effort to MEMORIZE the joke?"

Ah, c'est vrai. (it is true)

Now, a flood of thoughts hit me upon seeing this video.

First off--McCain, on TV? Oh god. Do we have to be reminded that his sense of humour is drier than Death Valley? He tried connecting with people when he hosted SNL a few years ago and all he got out of that appearance was a few sympathy laughs. He's not funny, ok? But don't tell him I said that because I don't fancy being on the receiving end of that hissy fit.

Second--what the heck was McCain doing on Jon Stewart? (BOO! Get him off the stage!) The obvious answer is he was trying to connect with young voters. I can't blame him because apparently, this year's election is all about the youth vote. Actually, Obama made it about the youth vote for the first half of the primary season--as did Gore and Kerry during their entire campaign--but who's keeping count?

It's impossible for him to connect with the young voters. He should just accept it and move on. And trust me, saying he is going to name Dwight K. Schrute (because that's how he uses his name when he means business!) as his VP is NOT going to help in this area. In fact, it might as well cause him to LOSE votes.

Republicans aren't generally hip in the first place, so, I doubt this joke made sense to many Republicans. Second of all, there aren't a lot of young Republican voters out there... And if there are, they probably do not watch 'the Office'. Once again--the joke does not get through to the Republican viewers. (I'm stereotyping, so don't sue me)

Third--I have to question WHY McCain chose to announce Dwight as his "VP" out of all the popular characters in existence. Jim or Michael could have been named. Justin Timberlake could have been announced, for cheese sake. But why Dwight? A character from a TV show that is based in Pennsylvania... Which this state is full of working-class voters... And the Dems just happened to be fighting over the working-class voters... Coincidence? I think not.

McCain wants a bit of the working-class-vote action. While the youth vote is an important bloc for him to grab, we all know deep down that he won't receive it. The next largest bloc to reach out to is the working-class. Working-class voters generally don't like Republicans so this is kind of a stretch for McCain, but he's going to try. He wants a piece of the Democrats' pie. He isn't bickering his way though an elongated primary like the Dems. Instead he is sitting back, flying around in private plans, thinking about how he can interject his presence into the Democratic blood bath.

It isn't going to work. He's too stiff and doesn't have the same shared values as the working-class. Sure he may vote based on how he feels on guns and religions, just like the working-class (OBAMA--you started this you know), but he does it in an elitist way. And in a Republican way. Which, really, are almost one in the same.

Overall, McCain needs to give it up. He's not interesting and through this video you can tell he's not interested in actually connecting to the young voters or the working-class. Whoever arranged this appearance and (stupid) pseudo-announcement is smart (and maybe a fan of the Office--but they're Republican so I doubt it) but really, they should have thought about the negatives this appearance was going to bring about. The negatives out weigh the positives, my friend!