Divided by more than an ocean

[tinyjo]

So Californians have elected Arnie to run their state. Good luck to them. The report on the radio left me with the impression that his qualifications for this are slim to none but the fact that people liked the Terminator films means they're happy to vote for him.* Like the difference in our reactions to David Blaine, this illustrates the very different ways we view our celebrities over here. Can you imagine the mockery and derision if David Beckham stood as an MP? Americans seem to revere their celebrities. Here, we're all too aware of their shortcomings.

* I'm happy to be corrected on this point.

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

He certainly doesn't seem to have actually said very much about what his actual policies would be though. Lots of soundbites and promises but not a lot about implementation. Which is pretty smart on his part, but I just have a suspicion that it wouldn't be so easy to get away with if he wasn't borrowing good will from his movie career.