Amway Republicans

This is so not a class post, but I had to share the light that went off in my head just now

Reading over some class blogs this afternoon and stewing over the narrowcasting concept I had the nagging feeling that I'd heard the Amway-politics line somewhere before. And then it hit me! In Aaron Sorkin's rough draft of "The West Wing," a film also known as "American President," poor Richard Dreyfuss is cast in the unfortunate role of crabby Republican who picks on the president's girlfriend. About two-thirds of the way through the film, the following scene occurs as Michael Douglass watches a Dreyfuss speech:

President Andrew Shepherd: Wait, wait, here comes my favorite part.
Bob Rumson: My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President!
President Andrew Shepherd: Sure glad he cleared that up, 'cause those people were about to buy some Amway products!

Now, Amway's always freaked me out just a bit. And Republican politics have always freaked me out a bit more. But the combination of the two? Yikes.


Another observation: Having looked at the most recent posts on most of the blogs for class, I found two distinct categories: Those who took the week off from blogging, and those who wrote about the Amway/narrowcasting concept. I'm all for less work in class and everything, but it's tough to muster the desire to comment when we're all saying the same thing!