He was actually born in Hawaii and we have the birth certificate to prove it. And his tan proves that he is part Native Hawaiian, in fact, he is part Hawaiian
chief so he has a double claim to higher office.
And the other thing about William Shatner is that he has the demonstrable ability to repeatedly come back from the near dead, like a cat. So if we like him, we can keep him. He has nine lives, and he's only used up about four of them. (Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Star Trek movies, Denny Crane--oops I forgot the Priceline commercials and some stints on the stage--he's got three lives remaining--enough to be president for a while, if we can only get rid of that Republican Constitutional Amendment to keep FDR from running again, if he came back from the dead).
He is the ikon of the Age! Nobody, nobody, NOBODY better sums up the sheer mindboggling, and some of the most touching, contradictions of the last fifty years of the American thing and the next fifty! Nobody defended the Prime Directive better than Shatner. Nobody! And he will be ready to do so when we get to Mars and beyond.
And there is not a single public figure on the world stage who had the balls to record and SELL his rendition of "Mr. Tambourine Man"! I'm talking cajones! Anybody with big ones like that can run the Roman Empire with one hand, and do ANYTHING HE WANTS TO DO--the sky is no limit--with the other hand, no problem. We need somebody who doesn't just have cat-like living abilities, who doesn't just sing but who inspires us to LIVE--to truly embrace--the utter absurdity of life in America, in all its gawdy and unearthly glory. Imagine if Bush Jr. had sung--really sung!--"Mr. Tambourine Man" after being Captain Kirk. That would've been a whole different thing--one without a million dead innocents, without torture, without a prompter. Cuz if you dare to sing like that--if you dare to be
you--you don't kill people. You LIVE instead. Many times.
Now he's going to do a heavy metal album! I mean, this is an
American. How can anybody doubt it?
http://www.avclub.com/articles/william-shatner-recording-metal-album,51313/ **
We want him as president. End of story.
Canada can have The Terminator or whoever you want. Just not Heavy Metal Captain James T. Kirk singing "She Blinded Me With Science"! No way! That belongs to AMERICA! That IS America! That man belongs in the White House. That face belongs on Mt. Rushmore. He is OURS for all time!
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You gotta read this:
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By Sean O'Neal February 3, 2011
William Shatner has announced plans to record a metal album, backed by such noted metalheads as Peter Frampton, Bootsy Collins, and Steve Howe of Yes. The album, titled Seeking Major Tom, also features contributions from Mike Inez, Brian May, and Zakk Wylde, whom Shatner recently tweeted has contributed guitar to a cover of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” Oddly, May will not be doing the same for the proposed cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” meaning he’ll be appearing on one or more of the other 20-something songs Shatner is said to be working on—most of which have a “space” or “flying in space” theme, according to Shatner—and the shortlist of which includes what L.A. Weekly refers to as “Space Odyssey” (perhaps they mean David Bowie’s "Space Oddity"?), Foo Fighters’ “Learn To Fly,” “a Byrds song,” and Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me With Science.” All of these, of course, will feature Shatner’s patented halting speak-sing, which should kill off any lingering irony still breathing after Pat Boone’s In A Metal Mood. (links at the site) (emphasis added)
ttp://www.avclub.com/articles/william-shatner-recording-metal-album,51313/
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