Political Column for the Illiterate and Lackadaisical

By Connect Mason Convergence Director Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

If you don’t feel like reading, I’ll hand this off to Stephen Colbert for a wrap up of the week starting March 10, 2008. Even if you wanted to read, I’d recommend watching anyway, if only to hear about how Colbert becomes the “meat” in Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution sandwich.

Oh, and another visually-orientated Weekly Wrap Up for those who would consider themselves “word-shy.”

And, still, if you don’t feel much like reading, the Daily Show had a wonderful segment titled You're Not Helping, focusing on the scandals plaguing the democratic hopefuls: Geraldine Ferraro’s comments about what Barack Obama’s prospects would be like if he were a white man and the much-debated sermon of Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor of 20 years, featuring the now infamous line, “God damn the United States. That’s in the Bible.”

The Daily Show also offered a glimmer of hope for future female presidential candidates if Senator Clinton is not able to secure the nomination this year. Kristen Schaal’s inspired Dear Madame President describes the “300-year sausage fest” that is upon us if Clinton is not victorious.

In closing, and in the deepest respect, Kurt Vonnegut discusses the evolution of America’s democracy, and how Iraq, being given the gift of American Democracy, is about on track.

RIP Mr. Vonnegut. You are sorely missed.