NEED MORE DRAMA

Here is a suggestion for an antidote to the dole-drums of a long-drawn-out political season. We need more drama – not Obama drama (we’ve had 3 years of that and I am bored already). We need political theater. We need some comedy and tragedy. We need the kind of political theatre we enjoyed when Clinton was President. Say what you want about his reign, good or bad, Clinton provided 8 years of entertainment.

We are still enjoying the slogans or new clichés that came out of his presidency. For example, it was during the pre-election run against George Bush #41 that we first heard the expression “It’s the economy, stupid!” Here we are two decades later saying the same thing. We also got the beloved “It depends on what the meaning of the word IS is.” That came during a classic staged political event, for which we still don’t know the answer. But I remember the question – do you? Ironically, it was a yes or no question and only the king of drama could answer a closed-ended question with a quip such as that.

Nevertheless, we need clever slogans such as “drill baby drill” or “read my lips, no new taxes” (which is remembered because the aforementioned George Bush gave in after that promise and raised taxes.)

So what can we hope to see as the kind of fun and frivolity we might experience in the 2012 election season? I don’t think our current President will provide any illuminated moment of excitement. We are all tired of his shenanigans. At least I am.

Will some of the expressions we’ve heard so far carry forward through the next 14 months? How about the Romney comment, “Corporations are people, too, my friend.” Or, it could be Perry’s description of the Social Security system as a ponzi scheme? Who knows? I sure would like to have a sound bite that sticks. I want to make history – and not the downtrodden history of inflation and socialism that has taken over our life in the last three years.

Have you read or heard of an expression that can give some sizzle to our desire for drama? Share them. I want some entertainment.

Signed FRSC