The Bass Geek

Not that I’m relying on well-researched facts here, but I’m fairly sure Mike Huckabee is the first bassist ever to win a presidential primary probably the first Republican bassist to win a presidential primary, barring Nixon’s jamming with Moby Grape or something. While sites like Jossip may mock this fact, I hereby submit that a bassist carries many traits that would benefit a leader and a country:

• Ability to lay solid foundation for his group
• Bringing together disparate elements to form a cohesive whole
• Define the issues (or chords, as necessary) that the group must deal with

In theory, a bassist would make a fine president. In this particular case, there’s all that other stuff Huckabee represents that makes me disinclined to vote for him. But the trend is set, the die is cast, and I fully support a Bootsy/Wooten ticket in 2012. It’s not too early to start campaigning for the next election, is it?

EDIT: Screwed the pooch on this one - a friend of mine reminded me that John Kerry was a bassist as well. I stand humbly and regretfully corrected.

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