Favre For President?

As I read/listen to the Brett Favre situation with the Green Bay Packers a thought has occurred to me; Favre should run for president. Or at least get into politics in some degree. I believe he has many of the qualifications needed to perform an adequate job of it. And "adequate" is about as good as it gets for politicians these days.

Now lets look at Favre's qualifications. He is as in touch with his emotions as Hilary. Either one of them could be found crying and sobbing when they feel their end is near...the ego is a powerful thing.

Brett has waffled more times than Obama. And that is saying something! "The Candidate of Change" could be a perfect campaign slogan for both men. Neither one has had a solid, un-wavering stance on anything. Of course we excuse this as emotional, heartfelt, and human. But if we call a spade a spade we know that neither one has the foresight to make important, life changing decisions.

Favre has easily connected on as many passes as Bill Clinton, with or without a cigar. Take this "qualification" for whatever you want to take it as.

The former/future quarterback has to be, I repeat, has to be more intelligent than Jimmy Carter. Even though Favre has never been confused with any kind of genius, I would still put his jock mentality/i.q. ahead of Carter's cognititve capabilities. But this really isn't any type of complement. Most people acheive this status by default, due to Jimmy's smarts.

Demographically Farve could be a dominant force. He is from Mississippi. he could carry the southern states. And he played in Green Bay. That could help carry the blue collar vote, especially in Wisconsin and Michigan. The Football Hall of Fame is in Canton, Ohio so we would have to give him the edge in that battleground state. People in Texas love football. There are about four bajillion football teams of some class and size in our second largest state, so again he would become the favorite here as well.

Brett Favre's name has given him more free passes than either Clinton, Obama, and Al Gore put together. Just as the news media has overlooked major goofs and character flaws of the politicos, the sports media has done the same for Brett. Regardless of inventing the internet or throwing five interceptions in a single game, all have come out basically unscathed. We only want to see the positives in some people, I think because their negatives are so large we are forced to look away from them. And if the media lets any of them slide, then we probably should too. We are only about as smart as Carter, generally speaking. Making our own decisions is too much too ask.

Name recognition is another thing. He could be a Kennedy in this regard. He basically doesn't have to do anything to but live off of his over-inflated, unrealistic reputation. As I mentioned before, he can do no wrong. And if he did, we would dismiss his wrong as being full of heart...So basically he doesn't have to do anything. Period... Like a Kennedy.

This is just a sample of some of the "qualifications" I see. I could just name some names, like Arnold or Jesse Ventura or Springer, and make many more parallels. But that would only be beating a dead horse, so to speak, and I think that job belongs to real news reporters and politicians. And I am a little afraid of PETA, so I will digress.

But don't be surprised if you see Brett Favre's name on a ballot this coming November. And if you vote for him, especailly in Florida, make sure to leave no chad hanging.