All right, this proves that this whole election is a joke.

[El Supremo]

Clinton, Obama and McCain on WWE's `Monday Night Raw'

By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES - A smackdown among presidential candidates?

Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain will appear on World Wrestling Entertainment's live "Monday Night Raw" (8-11 p.m. EST on cable's USA network) but instead of smacking each other down, they separately will deliver some wrestling-themed stumping in taped messages before Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary.

"Tonight, in honor of the WWE, you can call me Hillrod," Clinton says in her message. "This election is starting to feel a lot like `King of the Ring.' The only difference? The last man standing may just be a woman."

Obama borrows The Rock's famous catchphrase during his appearance.

"To the special interests who've been setting the agenda in Washington for too long and to all the forces of division and distraction that has stopped us from making progress, for the American people, I've got one question: Do you smell what Barack is cooking?" Obama says before flashing a smile.

McCain, meanwhile, looked to Hulkamania for inspiration for his message.

"Looks like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to celebrate their differences in the ring," McCain says. "Well, that's fine with me, but let me tell you: If you want to be the man, you have to beat the man. Come November, it'll be game over. And whatcha gonna do when John McCain and all his McCainiacs run wild on you?"

The candidate appearances will be used to promote "Smackdown Your Vote!" — the WWE's voter registration drive.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_en_tv/tv_wwe_candidates

[silverweb]

1. No it doesn't.

It's gimmicky, of course, but it's all to promote a voter registration drive.

It's in a very good cause -- reaching people who might otherwise not be paying attention.

And we all know that when more people vote, Democrats win!

[newmajority]

2. They were all on the CMT Country Music Awards too

hosted by Billy Ray Mullet and his bubblegum princess daughter, no less.

I only watched the first 10 minutes of the show, but it was surreal enough. The Keith Urban performance was alright, but then the first award was presented. The nominees were "Rascall Flats" (think "N'Sync with a twang") nominated twice in the same category, some other boybandish looking group whose name I forget, and the third nominee was......



wait for it........



Bon Fucking Jovi. Yes, on a COUNTRY awards show. Bon Jovi, the original pop-cheese hair band.

Scary thing is, they were clearly better than the others at playing country music.

After that, I decided that Hank Williams and Johnny Cash would be spinning in their graves, and turned the channel.

[Skinner]

3. Oh. My. God.

That is hilarious. I might actually have to watch.