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"SICK--OR JUST STUPID???" - Classic Jim Cornette (former pro wrestling manager)
http://jimcornette.com/cornettes-commentary/sick-or-just-stupidSometimes there's things more important than pro wrestling.
I said this last fall when the United States was involved in the most transformative election of our lifetimes. We had the choice of a sea change, a massive cultural shift in our politics, or more of the same road to ruin when we had a choice between Barack Obama and Joe Biden or John McCain and the publicity stunt the Republican party had foisted upon him. For the first time in my life, I took an interest in politics and even posted on the internet because, to be quite honest, for the first time I not only had the time and inclination to involve myself in politics but also I saw a chance for real change in a moment of national crisis. I made my voice heard in a way that my "celebrity" status, such as it is, allowed me to by posting on the internet, and fortunately, to use a wrestling term, the babyfaces won. At the age of 47, I voted for the first time ever, and I was there at 6:00AM when the polls opened.
My state, Kentucky, was the first state called red in the election results on TV, and it caused me quite a bit of shame, but I knew I had done the right thing, and in the end the forces of good carried the day.
I said this again a few months ago when Joey Styles, WWE ex-announcer and current Vince McMahon sycophant, posted on his "Twitter" account a bunch of hateful and irrational statements about Barack Obama. I used my small forum on my "Who's Slammin' Who" podcast (to access my weekly rants here go to Whosslammingwho.podomatic.com to tell anyone who might listen my thoughts on him and others like him who stand in the way of this countrys' recovery and progress. Once again, whether anyone agreed or not, I knew I had done the right thing, and this feeling was borne out by the countless emails I received in support of my statements, the posting of my rant on Youtube, the Daily Kos, the Democraticunderground.com website, and other places where even non-wrestling fans who had never heard of me were touched or inspired by my comments.
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I said this last fall when the United States was involved in the most transformative election of our lifetimes. We had the choice of a sea change, a massive cultural shift in our politics, or more of the same road to ruin when we had a choice between Barack Obama and Joe Biden or John McCain and the publicity stunt the Republican party had foisted upon him. For the first time in my life, I took an interest in politics and even posted on the internet because, to be quite honest, for the first time I not only had the time and inclination to involve myself in politics but also I saw a chance for real change in a moment of national crisis. I made my voice heard in a way that my "celebrity" status, such as it is, allowed me to by posting on the internet, and fortunately, to use a wrestling term, the babyfaces won. At the age of 47, I voted for the first time ever, and I was there at 6:00AM when the polls opened.
My state, Kentucky, was the first state called red in the election results on TV, and it caused me quite a bit of shame, but I knew I had done the right thing, and in the end the forces of good carried the day.
I said this again a few months ago when Joey Styles, WWE ex-announcer and current Vince McMahon sycophant, posted on his "Twitter" account a bunch of hateful and irrational statements about Barack Obama. I used my small forum on my "Who's Slammin' Who" podcast (to access my weekly rants here go to Whosslammingwho.podomatic.com to tell anyone who might listen my thoughts on him and others like him who stand in the way of this countrys' recovery and progress. Once again, whether anyone agreed or not, I knew I had done the right thing, and this feeling was borne out by the countless emails I received in support of my statements, the posting of my rant on Youtube, the Daily Kos, the Democraticunderground.com website, and other places where even non-wrestling fans who had never heard of me were touched or inspired by my comments.
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Such a shy, soft-spoken man!
