Celebrity Apprentice —Losing Presidential Candidates Edition
I have to admit it. I miss the gang of presidential wannabes that made the long-running Republican nominating process such a…such a…distinctive exercise. I’ve been watching presidential aspirants come and go for more than 40 years, and can say in all honesty that I’ve never seen a field of this…of this…caliber presenting itself to take the reins of the U.S. government and the leadership of the Free World.
Seeing these aspirants reunited in an appropriate setting, indeed, a setting presided over by one of their own early aspiring number, thus seems to me the perfect cap on a nominating process that ended by giving us a Wall Street vulture fund executive as the Republican nominee for President.
And what might such a perfectly appropriate setting be for these presidential also-rans in my view? Being part of a Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice — Losing Presidential Candidates series starting this coming fall. A series that if it actually came about, would run in tandem with that other cash-based TV vehicle, our next national election.
Just imagine! A weekly television show in which Herman vies with Michele to come up with an ad campaign to boost business at a family hardware store. Or the pithy exchanges between a visionary Newt and a values peddling Rick as they argue over what might work best for a charity fund raiser.
Could an almost also-ran such as Sarah be brought on the show to hype ratings? Might The Donald himself come down from his perch as Firer-In-Chief to take part in side debates about Michele’s Norwegian citizenship? The mind boggles.
Is there a Celebrity Apprentice —Losing Presidential Candidates Edition in our TV watching future? There has been no public announcement to that effect. But if it actually happened, who’d really be surprised?
Tasteless, tawdry, repetitive reality TV, juxtaposed with tasteless, tawdry, repetitive Super-PAC ad buying politics? It’s a natural.
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I dunno’. I’ve seen the Newt on two top MSNBC political shows this week. When one considers what each show had to say about him when he was a candidate, it seems only a step further to a celebrity-reality show built around him and the other candidates. Or else MSNBC will be offering anchor positions to all of them. For balance, you know.
Perhaps stump speeches this summer and fall will give us a preview.
The ad campaign could be for Al Sharpton’s new show, How To Make Money Out Of A Tragedy.
Too bad John Edwards couldn’t be on the Don’s show because of his minor, ahem, discretion, which has him a little tied up for this fall’s season. However, it would be a nice gesture for the Donald to create a new shampoo and conditioner designed especially for cons; JE could be on the label.
Howard Dean should not be left out, who better to whoop it up and inspire his team.
@dduck
Why do I think this comment was posted before 4:15 PM EST?
Oops, I just saw ,it was posted at 3:58 PM EST
Huh?
This is a brilliant idea, but I think it might be a little too much like the actual primaries.
The Republican primary was little more than the last clown standing. But the last clown standing wasn’t a clown it was an easily re-programmable robot – the Romneybot.
I agree, Ron, Obamabot is a much more sophisticated model. One the can charm the birds out of the trees.