Did you know that the WWE has a Teabagger wrestler now? His name is Zeb Colter, and I think he’s supposed to be a joke. Maybe?
When I was a kid, I sort of followed wrestling. I hated the Iron Sheik, because he seemed like an excuse for WWF fans to spread their jingoistic racism all over their favorite “sport.” But now Zeb Colter seems to be flipping the script on those same proud ‘Mericans by making fun of overzealous, under-educated Teabaggers. Or does he?
See, the “genius” of Teabaggers is that you can’t tell if they’re parodies or not. They are, more or less, satire-proof. Zeb Colter can be taken either way: A brave patriot, or a mocking bit of self-parody. Maybe this is the WWE hedging their bets. I honestly can’t tell.
No, I didn’t know that.
I can’t tell if half of Paul Constant’s articles are mocking self-parody or not.
Wrestling is fucking stupid. But considering billionaire Vince McMahon is a big-time Rino republican and his wife Linda has run two unsuccessful bid’s for a US Senate seat in Connecticut, I’m guessing this is a page out of Karl Rove’s ‘demonize the Tea Party because they’re cutting in on our share of the pie’ playbook.
I really hope this is parody, because if not you are incredibly dense and reaching really hard. It’s a work and an obvious one ( the angle is of course immigration reforms and government money). This angle is obvious=”all american” Jack Swagger who has not featured prominently of late (could be injury, or lack of draw) needs a lightning rod. I actually saw one of these shows or part of one anyway (I used to watch like ten years ago..maybe once every few months now if Im bored). A similar gimmick was used by Mexican wrestler Alberto Del Rio last year (referring to undocumented aliens being criminals). Guess Alberto is a tea party member too,eh?