2008 #2

Yet more on a presidential contest that is still years away.

But this is quite a striking website - Christopher Walken for President. Not entirely sure that it is for real but if it is, then I do not see how on earth he could ever stand a chance. Aside from the fact that the death of Natalie Wood would almost certainly come up and cause some major problems for Walken, it is difficult to imagine even America electing a completely inexperienced man as President. Yes, Reagan was an actor as well but he was also a reasonably successful two term governor of California. The last President with no experience of elected office was Dwight Eishenhower, and he was instrumental in the victory in World War Two - so therefore he had extensive foreign policy and administrative experience. Prior to him, Herbert Hoover was the last Pres to be elected without holding elected office and let's face it, his term did not go very well.

However what really strikes me about the Walken website is on the quote on the Home Page. It reads: If you want to learn how to build a house, build a house. Don't ask anybody, just build a house.

What? Say that again?

I'm sorry, but that is utter bollocks. If I went to try to build a house with my complete lack of building/construction experience and my complete ineptitude when it comes to anything remotely practical then the result would be a complete, and total, disaster. I would need to not only ask someone, but get them to do all the planning and building as well. That comment, apparently from Mr Walken himself, demonstrates why he would be unelectable. The leader of the free world needs to know what he is doing, and electing Walken, with his *extensive* knowledge of the White House (well, he played a would be assassin of a potential Presidential candidate in The Dead Zone, that's about it) would be a massive error.