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Obama: First our Game Boys, now our ‘SportsCenter’?
I was willing to let it slide when Barack Obama called for us to get rid of our Game Boys to create positive change in the world. Most of us gamers have moved on to the Nintendo DS, so I was more than happy to leave the old Game Boy in the Videogame Relics drawer.
But now he’s asking people to shut off “SportsCenter” and get out to vote:
“I know if Cousin Pookie would vote, if Brother Jethro would get off the couch and stop watching ‘SportsCenter’ and go register some people and get them to the polls, we’d have a different kind of politics,” Obama said, the crowd rising to its feet. “Kick off your bedroom slippers; put on your marching shoes!”
I’d be a little more outraged if he’d referenced “Pardon the Interruption,” but still. Where exactly are we going to draw the pop culture line, Mr. Obama?
Here are some things that might get Barack into big political trouble if he asks us to give them up in the name of political sleeve-up-rolling:
Hello Kitty
TMZ.com
“Project Runway”
Nerds-brand candy
Adam Sandler movies
“Wii Sports”
Those little Andes chocolates they give you at Macaroni Grill after your meal
The Pussycat Dolls
Applebee’s (in red states)
“Heroes”
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
The last “Harry Potter” book
Kelly Clarkson
The iPhone
That “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff
Watch those campaign speeches, Barack. Some people can balance their pop culture consumption with political action, thank you very much.
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