3. President Sissy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YinvJsHyvQ Politics and wrestling just arent a good mix. No matter what political figure you bring up, youre going to anger half your audience. Now, President Obama was kind enough to show up on pre-taped videos for WWE TV multiple times in the past. To reward him for his kindness, WWE mocked him with an impersonator at Capital Punishment 2011, and now showed his slightly strange, but overall harmless, workout videos on Raw. Of course, Obama is a Democrat and Vince McMahon is a diehard Republican. His wife ran for Senate, and lost tens of millions of dollars of their own personal fortune on two failed campaigns. You can probably understand that hes not a big fan of the Commander in Chief, but couldnt he keep those opinions to himself? Of course he cant, hes Vince McMahon dammit! So on Raw, Lana showed a video of Obama working out so we could see how much of a sissy he is compared to Vladamir Putin. I dont get what were supposed to take from this. For weeks WWE has had fans rally around patriotic Americans like Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Big E Langston, and of course, Mr. USA himself: Zack Ryder. Now the Obama video wasnt aired to get fans to support him, it was shown so McMahon could have a good laugh, because hes the one who appeared on Muscle and Fitness in his 60s. But why would a heel make fun of the president in a video that actually does sort-of-kind-of make him look weaker than Putin? Who are fans supposed to cheer?
Andrew Soucek
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