Politics Is a Copycat Industry Too

Nearly every industry has a level of copycat involved in it. In sports, when a team wins a championship, many of the other teams in the league will try to re-make themselves in the mold of the champion. In Hollywood, when a movie is highly successful, studios scramble to find the “next” whatever the successful movie was. Now, it seems that politics has been stricken with the copycat virus. 

Politics, especially with regards to the presidency, has always had an air of copycat to it. Ever since John F. Kennedy was elected to the presidency, both parties have sought the good-looking young guy with good hair and good teeth who could represent the parties. However, despite the run of cover models who were trotted out, solid, experienced leaders (for the most part) gained the office. 

Since the 2016 election of billionaire, reality television star Donald Trump, both parties are seemingly looking for the person with the highest Q Rating who could upset the Donald. 

First, there were rumblings that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the hottest actor in Hollywood, was considering a run at the presidency in 2020, and now, after an eloquent speech at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards, Oprah Winfrey, another billionaire television star, is being lauded for the highest office in the land. The sad reality of this (pun intended) is that these names may only be the tip of the celebrity president iceberg. 

Over the next 2 years, any celebrity who can speak in complete sentences, and hasn’t gotten themselves into trouble for sexual harassment or assault, or for making racist remarks, will be mentioned as a potential presidential candidate. The belief is that if a celebrity can be elected once, then it could happen again. Because of that belief, there will be discussions to this end, but as for actual commitments from the celebrities, that still remains to be seen. 

There will be many names mentioned beyond Oprah and The Rock, but until the time arrives to actually commit to running for president, they are only names being mentioned.