Barak Obama, US Heavyweight Champion

Does pro wrestling draw from the media or does the media draw from pro wrestling?

The former is obvious, as the WWF in the 80s seized pop culture to its immense gain. Cindy Lauper and Liberace, who'd have thought that would have actually worked? But it did, and made Vince MacMahon quite a lot of money.

Think about the media and how it reports today in relation to the classic structures of pro wrestling. The president is a good example. Bush was a classic heel. Believed what he was doing was right, doing whatever he could, whether within the rules or not, to achieve his end, and never admitting when he was wrong. You didn't like him, but he was president, Champion of All Those United States, and he demanded a certain respect no matter how many sacks he kicked in. And, like the classic heel, the fans (or voters, in this case) loved to hate him.

Now enter Barack Obama, the fresh babyface on the scene. And so began the chase, that top drawing feud for the undisputed championship of politics. And draw money it did; even though he was sidelined by a feud with Hilldawg, he came out of the chute pulling 6 gs and didn't slow down till December. Despite John McCain defending said title in Bush's stead (imagine if wrestling had reign limits), Obama got the clean pin in the middle of the ring. 1.2.3.

I don't know what I'm getting at, but if Idiocracy tells me anything, it's that in a thosand years the difference between presidential victory and defeat will be a cradle piledriver.