Politics. Its a Dirty Job.

The 2008 Presidential Politics are already heating up. On the news today I heard that Barak Obama, the Illinois Senator who wants to be the first black president admitted to smoking pot and doing lines of cocaine. And now the newspapers such as the Washington Post are saying that yes, its about time we had a President who admitted to doing coke. Its funny, but when Bush was running for President, there were no democrats that could be found that thought it was okay if Bush had done coke. Even though there was no evidence of such behavior, it made liberals insane. But the usual double standard applies if its one of their own guys.

Also, John Edwards went down to the worst area of New Orleans, still devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and held a clean shovel in his clean hands with his clean clothes and perfect hair, and announced that he was running for President. What a putz. He should try to use that shovel to help the people of New Orleans to rebuild their homes.

I was impressed at the work that Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs did down in New Orleans helping with home reconstruction and neighborhood cleanup. It showed how gritty and tough that work is down there. Mike Rowe spent days shooting to show the efforts it took to get just one home ready for refurbishment. John Edwards showed up long enough to appear on camera and pretend that he was genuinely concerned. He did not sully his manicured nails.

That’s why I want to be the first blogger to call for Mike Rowe to tackle the dirty job of Presidential Politics. Mike knows what real mud slinging is like, and he is not afraid to step up and get his hands dirty. He has strong stage presence, is extremely likable and would probably poll very highly with the ladies. Most men would view him as honest and tough, and willing to work to get the job done.

And the new season of Dirty Jobs starts next week.