Pseudo-Political Activism and Obama’s Impeachment

In front of the MVA (Department of Transportation) building in Hagerstown, MD, there was a small stall full of pictures and posters animatedly calling: ‘IMPEACH OBAMA.’ An elderly guy standing next to it was desperately encouraging passers-by to listen to his less-than-impressive views on the American president. Since I needed to idle away some time, I approached him and asked what made him want to impeach Obama. He swiftly embarked on a carefully devised speech, providing numberless reasons why, in his opinion, Obama was not a good president. The talk teemed with references to the greatest moments in American history, the best developments and the most venerable country officials. The number of arguments didn’t correspond to their quality whatsoever. He was trying to persuade me that Obama was a puppet of the ‘British Empire.’ Once he finished his presentation a few minutes later, he quickly asked me to sign some papers expressing my approval of his organization and its lofty aims. When I said I wasn’t even an American, the only question that could follow was about my native country. In order to vex that old paranoiac, I said I was from Britain. His eyes grew larger and his face got redder than a beetroot. For a short while, I was gloating over his perplexity. However, he was quick enough to modify his strategy and deliver another speech, saying that his organization was actually fighting for the city of London. At the end, he asked if I could make any donation. That was the best part. Pretty audacious, isn’t it? After all, just a couple of minutes earlier, he poured heavy criticism on ‘my’ country and its incessant interference with American politics. It’s pathetic that people can go to such great lengths and don’t think twice before making total dumbasses of themselves to get some dough