Mike, 28, Metairie, LA - Chef/Caterer

Do you think this election is different or more important than past elections?

I’d like to think so. I think ending this whole weird Bush thing will be nice. To me, and I don’t know much about American history, but I know family businesses and I know when the dad of a family business passes his business on to his son nobody thinks its weird, but when fucking country goes from one daddy Bush to the son Bush. Its just… its weird to me. I don’t understand it. And I know Clinton happened in between, sure, no doubt. But I don’t know, its just weird to me that the same last name comes up… Adams… I don’t think Americans are making the choices. I mean yeah the people who are making the choices are Americans, but I don’t think its America that’s making the choices.
So my question’s always been who is the president? I mean, who’s behind these guys? I mean, so yeah, I guess its important every time. It makes people feel good. They’re like, oh I went in the little booth and I pushed the little button, I’m contributing and here we go. Votin’! Presidents! Yeehaw! Freedom! Okay! But I mean I don’t want to get into my theories, but I think its just as important as all the other ones. I mean it’s the same group of assholes running the country. It’s just a different figurehead. I think as far as the public… in the public eye, like the rest of the world would love for us to have someone darker in nature than another exact carbon copy of Bush and that alone would be interesting.

What are your hopes for the future?

Well for my future I just, I want to cook for as many people as I can. I want to make people happy through my food and I want to get paid ridiculous amounts of money for doing what I love. And if that’s not the fucking american dream I don’t know what is.