Is it just me, or isn’t it indicative of a pretty big problem when – thus far – more of my friends on Twitter and FB have complained about Kanye West then talked about health care? Hell, even the president is weighing in on this garbage, as if there weren’t a million and one other more important things. (You know, like a bottoming out economy, pointless wars we shouldn’t be fighting and were supposed to pull out of, the fact that millions of Americans are second class citizens, that whole health care dramz, or other seemingly non-existent issues.)

That’s scary to me. I mean, that’s seriously, downright, 100% scary to me.

I’d hate to tell you, but our economy, the war in Afghanistan (and elsewhere), LGBT rights, health care, taxes, your ability to use your fancy pants degree that probably hasn’t taught you an ounce of critical thinking, and the possibility of a Rick Santorum presidency are all issues that impact you a hell of a lot more than the wacky antics of a brash, marginally talented rapper.

Guys, though there are a lot of similarities, this shit is not being orchestrated by Aaron Sorkin. Don’t delude yourself into thinking that everything is all going to work out in the end and Santos will come along to keep fighting the good fight. We could be fucking ourselves harder every day.

But it’s cool, because clearly Obama maintaining his image as the only president hipper than Clinton is far more important than actually not fucking up. Obama continues to live up to the criticism that he is style over sustenance, and that is why you should be scared.

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