President Palmer, precursor to President Obama?
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008That’s what Dennis Haysbert says, anyway.
Now, look. I know President Palmer (David, not Wayne) is a beloved figure in these here parts, and Obama’s, well, not…
But after I got past the thought that Haysbert has a really healthy ego, I thought he might have a point.
Palmer was beloved by looselugnut libs and right-wing nutjobs alike. He always had the day’s crisis to resolve and so never really expounded on his beliefs about tax breaks, social services or foreign policy (beyond wanting to make sure he was about to bomb the crap out of the correct unnamed nation, which I think pretty much everyone can agree is probably the right course). We have no idea what kind of policies he worked on as commander-in-chief. He was too busy trying to stay alive or keep the nation from blowing up.
But all that aside, this country’s never had a black presidential candidate who actually stood a reasonable chance of being a major-party nominee, never mind of perhaps even being elected to the highest office.
Is that because seeing virtual black presidents such as Palmer or, maybe, Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact, has made people a little more color-blind? Huh. I dunno, but maybe Haysbert’s not so completely ego-centric?
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