2010 NFL Pro Bowl: Why You Should Vote For Darren McFadden Of The Raiders

October 31, 2010   ·   David Xaviel is the Real Mr. X   ·   Jump to comments

(This slideshow includes all my picks for the 2010 Pro Bowl).

It's that time of year again.

No, not the day before Halloween, or another publicity stunt in Washington.  Not the weekend before the 2010 US elections.

It's Pro Bowl votin' time.  As Howard Dean would say, "Yeah!"

I must admit that I really should be more concerned with the election on Tuesday and reading up on the issues. 
But as I have come to realize over the years, pro football is meant to inoculate people from caring about anything else, including government and future of the country.

Eventually, I concluded that politics is analogous to a baseball game.  The maxim for winning in baseball is, "Pitching, defense, and timely hitting."  In politics, the maxim for winning is, "Rhetoric, spin, and timely scandals."

Well, if some meaningless fun is all we get as the powers that be eff everything up, then I'll take it.  I also vote for American Idol...

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