codyg1985’s Think Tank

A friend and I were talking about how politicians were in general just annoying and extremely skillful about dodging questions.  So in an effort to make the election process more entertaining and perhaps more revealing, I propose a new reality show that would showcase the candidates:

[14:50] Me: i just can’t stand most politicians….they have it down to a science on how to dodge questions and say exaclty what they want to say without answering anyone’s questions
[14:51] Friend: yeah that’s why it pisses me off to watch the debates and stuff, i’m like, ok you just talked for five minutes, and you didn
[14:51] Friend: didn’t say anything*
[14:52] Me: they either say what the people want them to say, or they say what they want to say but not answer any questions….it should be illegal to answer a yes or no question without anything other than yes or no
[14:53] Me: they should be removed from the race and put in a cage with monkeys
[14:55] Friend: haha
[14:55] Me: we wouldn’t have anyone running for president
[14:56] Me: watch ‘em drop like flies!
[14:57] Me: or maybe at the podium there is a trap door that is activated if they don’t answer a yes or no question with yes or no
[14:57] Me: in mid sentence down they go into the dungeon of monkeys
[14:58] Me: it’d be the shortest debate ever, and whoever is left would be president
[14:58] Friend: like a last candidate standing thing
[14:59] Me: sometimes i think people would participate more if the elections were like american idol
[14:59] Me: complete with three judges like randy, simon, and paula
[15:00] Friend: you’re probably right
[15:01] Me: it would be more interesting to everyone
[15:02] Me: and if you put in twists and turns like every other reality show, then who knows what would happen
[15:02] Me: well guess what? we have a surprise for you all! you thought you eliminated rudolph guliani? well he is BACK!
[15:03] Friend: that would be pretty awesome
[15:04] Me: call the show “who wants to be president?”
[15:06] Me: and yep, put in the trap doors too
[15:06] Friend: you could really be on to something here
[15:07] Me: i think it would also give an opportunity to see what real talents the candidates have
[15:07] Me: along the way not only make them debate but also make them sing or play instruments or read a book aloud or something
[15:07] Friend: haha song and dance competition
[15:07] Friend: give a speech!
[15:07] Friend: i mean seriously
[15:08] Me: yeah….we could have seen that bush can’t talk or do math and he would have been eliminated early
[15:08] Me: oh, and we could also throw in a boxing competition
[15:09] Friend: eliminate the really old guys?
[15:09] Me: either that or see which of the old guys still have game
[15:10] Me: well, maybe not….maybe some old guy gets the pity vote
[15:10] Friend: ah, that’s lame
[15:11] Me: at the end we may not have the guy that has good foreign policy experience, but i betcha he can seranade the enemy into submission
[15:11] Friend: now that’s style
[15:12] Me: the vice president would be the guy that gets the second largest amount of votes in the end
[15:13] Friend: oh wow
[15:13] Friend: that could be interesting
[15:13] Me: it would be a year-long competition where the elimination wouldn’t start until the second part of the year
[15:13] Me: gore would be president, bush would be vp
[15:13] Me: to get into the competition, the candidate would have to convince the judges of something
[15:15] Me: see what kind of persuasion skills the guy or girl has
[15:16] Me: now who do we pick as the judges?
[15:17] Friend: randy, simon, and paula
[15:18] Me: that would work….would be priceless to hear simon rip someone’s argument to shreads
[15:18] Me: *shreds
[15:18] Friend: seriously, he cracks me up
[15:19] Me: my grandmother can talk better than that! my six year old can make a better case for war than you can!
[15:20] Friend: simon’s pretty cool