{"id":7645,"date":"2009-10-24T12:59:35","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2009-10-24T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T17:59:35","slug":"my-zombie-president-a-halloween-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/10\/my-zombie-president-a-halloween-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My Zombie President: A Halloween Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7646\" title=\"ZOMBIELAND\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zombieland04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ZOMBIELAND\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u201cMore coffee dear?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cHmm? Oh, yes please.\u00a0 Did you see this story in the newspaper?\u00a0 The Zombie Party has come out in favor of the President\u2019s health reform plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIsn\u2019t that good?\u00a0 I thought that you were in favor of health reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI am, but I don\u2019t trust these Zombies.\u00a0 They are not rational.\u00a0 You can\u2019t talk to them.\u00a0 Have you seen the television footage of those town hall meetings?\u00a0 It\u2019s just a sea of screaming faces.\u00a0 The raw emotion of these Zombies is terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSo why is the Zombie Party supporting health care reform?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story says that they will support the plan if the Democrats put the \u2018death panel\u2019 provisions back in.\u00a0 It seems that Zombies favor \u2018end of life planning,\u2019 although for some reason their representatives in Congress keep referring to it as \u2018planning for the end of life.\u2019\u00a0 I just don\u2019t trust these Zombies.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not?\u00a0 The President has said that he is open to including reform ideas from across the ideological spectrum.\u00a0 This could be a good first step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s <em>your<\/em> President, not mine.\u00a0 The President is a Zombie himself.\u00a0 He was full of promises during the campaign, but what has he accomplished since?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell for one, his election inspired Zombies across the country.\u00a0 This\u00a0<em>is <\/em>the first time our country has elected a Zombie President, after all.\u00a0 And he has had some great foreign policy successes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cHe ripped the arm off of the French Prime Minister!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI know.\u00a0 It\u2019s about time we stood up to the French.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI still say he\u2019s not a legitimate President.\u00a0 He\u2019s undead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThere you go again.\u00a0 There is nothing in the Constitution that says that the President has to be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you really believe that the Framers foresaw that a meteor containing a mutant virus would strike the United States and turn dead people into Zombies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI saw a professor on Fox News who said that John Jay was a closet Zombie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI warned you about watching that channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m surprised you don\u2019t like the President.\u00a0 He supports immigration reform, doesn\u2019t he?\u00a0 You favor that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c(sigh) You\u2019re right.\u00a0 I do like the fact that the President has called for a bill that would create more visas for unskilled workers from Mexico.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t understand why he said \u2018especially the plump ones.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSee.\u00a0 We <em>can<\/em> agree on some things.\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say that everyone, even a Zombie, is entitled to a political opinion.\u00a0 There is too much partisan fighting going on in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t argue with that.\u00a0 I certainly don\u2019t want to fight with <em>you<\/em>.\u00a0 Especially when I see the way you look at me.\u00a0 I just melt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s because I could eat you up, I love you so.\u00a0 Here.\u00a0 Have another jelly donut.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMore coffee dear?\u201d \u00a0\u201cHmm? 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