So I'm perusing the in-box of one of the many e-mail accounts that I own (don't ask, I won't tell) and I see a little note from MoveOn.org and something about the Super Bowl.

Gee, that's funny, I didn't know that the political process would start playing out at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.  MoveOn was asking its constituency for cash to help get an ad created by VoteVets on the air in the District of Columbia featuring Iraqi War vets speaking out against Pres. George Bush's plan for escalation.

Here is some of the text:

Dear George (isn't it great they feel comfortable enough to call me by my first name?),

The feisty veterans' group VoteVets are back with a message for Congress: if you support escalation, you don't support the troops.

They're aiming to put a powerful new TV ad on the air during the Super Bowl in Washington, DC urging nearby Senator John Warner (R-VA)—a top Republican—to stop the escalation.

To get it on the air they need to raise $91,000 today. Can you chip in $25? To view the ad and contribute click here.

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/votevets.html?id=9811-4603848-L5COxrZqwIQJ5k_XWuyqWA&t=2

First of all, I'm a journalist; I don't have a spare $25.  And yes, I realize it may only air in D.C., but it's Super Bowl Sunday.  It's a de facto holiday.  It's the most frivolous of holidays.  It's a day that means absolutely nothing.  We celebrate violent men in tight pants knocking one another around, consumption of mass quantities of fermented hops, pizza pies overflowing with cholesterol-laden toppings, it's the one football day when significant others don't bug husbands, boyfriends, wives and girlfriends about hanging out with their football obsessed pals.  In short:  it's a day to forget things.

Now mind you anyone who has read my other blog doesn't need to be a Kennedy to figure out which way my politics leans.  However, you don't have to be Jim Brown or Archie Griffin to know that I love football.  There are a lot of serious problems that Americans face on a daily basis - fluctuating gas prices that only serve to fatten the wallets of oil company CEOs, an economy that is showing signs of losing steam and, yes, there's that 20,000 ton gorilla known as Iraq.  Don't we deserve a single, solitary day when we can forget about all of that bullcaca?

That is what the Super Bowl is and, personally, I feel as if MoveOn.org is trying to intrude on something meant to be pure entertainment and escapism with a tragic piece of reality.  They have a right to support VoteVets in the efforts to raise cash to get the spot on television.  This, however, is the one time I am hoping they fall short.

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