Because the Harvard-trained Obama crowd is a presidential administration so transparently and fundamentally of the people, they're having the latest NASCAR champion over this afternoon for a late summer, pre-vacation photo op.There's more here.
Also several drivers from last year's final chase and former champions. A nice photogenic change from healthcare reform town hall yada-yadas.
Yes, it was pushed back from early August because of important business. And, yes, it's months after the victorious fact. But news from real America can be delayed penetrating the Beltway. Today's main championship guest is Jimmy Johnson.
Some brief briefing points for the basketball-loving president:
First of all, it's Jimmie Johnson (photo left). He's from Southern California, grew up racing dirt bikes, broke a lot of bones, took some time off and then returned to racing, this time inside cars that go some 200 miles an hour.
No, the cars don't have bumpers and the headlights are absent too. No keys necessary; it's a switch. The doors don't open; you climb through the window. But don't ask for a ride. Only one seat. Yes, the cars only go left, like some politicians.
It's not the greenest of sports. Millions of arugula-shunning Americans are NASCAR fans and they have the brightly-colored clothing gear to prove it. Unlike politics, NASCAR drivers and fans wear their financial sponsors' names and color outwardly -- and proudly.
They sit out there absorbing all those unhealthy UV rays. They're eating ribs and burgers and drinking almost-cold beer, listening to high-powered racing machines at way above OSHA-approved decibel levels and watching them spew exhaust fumes and tire smoke into the Al Goreless track atmosphere.
I wish Johnson could take Obama down to Daytona and run him around the track at 200 mph in one of their two-seater demo cars. That'd scare the socialism out of him.
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