Present Day Cast for Rocky and Bullwinkle

Keeping on my Moose and Squirrel kick, I thought it would be fun to see who most closely resembles the main characters from today’s current events. Of course, my list is completely unbiased and non-partisan.

Rocky – Rocky always was the optimistic one who would dash in to do the right thing – sometimes without thinking things through completely. Even through reversals of fortune, Rocky never lost hope completely.

President Bush - Bush is very similar in so many ways. 

Bullwinkle – Bullwinkle was very dimwitted. Not that he didn’t want to do the right thing, but sometimes he didn’t know what the right thing was. He would go along and be beguiled very easily. Every now and then he would find some clarity of thinking, but not often.

How close this is to the Republicans in Congress.

For those on the left who would jump at putting Bush here, I need to remind you that Bullwinkle didn’t pilot jet aircraft nor did he graduate from Yale (with a higher GPA than Kerry) or Harvard – just Wotsamatta U.

Boris Badenov – Always tried to defeat "Moose and Squirrel", but never succeeded completely. Oh, he would seem to get them in a terrible situation, but he never could quite finish the job. Usually, that was because his plans were too disjointed – not to mention silly and ridiculous.

The Democrats in Congress are also doing their best to defeat the present day Moose and Squirrel. They’ve beaten the Republicans in Congress (temporarily – at least until 2008), but haven’t been able to get Bush. This is mainly because they are about as unified as Boris’s plans were realistic.

Natasha Fatale – Worked with Boris to get Moose and Squirrel. She sometimes seemed like she would turn around and help, but then it was either a ruse or just wishful thinking. She always seemed smart, but was always going along with the men (Boris, Fearless Leader, Mr. Big).

This is too easy – of course it has to be Hillary Clinton.

Fearless Leader – The one that Boris and Natasha answered to. He never said a nice word and constantly berated Boris for his stupidity. The only one he answered to was Mr. Big.

As easy as Hillary was for Natasha, this is difficult. Who would be best? Howard Dean? Osama? John McCain? Putin? Dean hardly says a nice word. Osama is as ruthless. McCain has his anger and Putin almost looks like him (just add a monocle). I’m open for suggestions on this one.

Mr. Big – The Big Cheese, the Head Honcho, the High Mucky-muck. The only one who could intimidate Fearless Leader.

Ahmedinejad – The slight of stature Iranian president is aiming to be today's Mr. Big. If only he were a cartoon character.

I leave you the opportunity to offer suggestions for the other characters in the show (Dudley Do-Right, Nell, Mr. Peabody, etc.) as well as different ones for those listed above.

Have fun.