Aaron Rodgers Was on an Ayahuasca Retreat When He Learned He Might Be Running for Vice President. Proving There is Still Hope for Democracy.

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It might be hard to believe now, but if you're over the age of let's say, 40, then you're old enough to remember a time when the major controversy of a Presidential campaign was candidate Bill Clinton's admission that he had, in fact, experimented with marijuana in college. Which Clinton deflected by confessing to the sin, while hastening to had he didn't like it and didn't inhale. And ultimately, the voting public found it in their hearts to forgive him for the indiscretion by electing him twice. Yes, that not only happened, it was a story that dominated the news cycle for a long time. 

Allow me to interject here for a second. Putting ideology aside, the real sin here is that Clinton was the first Boomer President, born in 1946. And he is younger than both candidates of the major political parties. Meaning that unless one of them drops out of the race or a third party candidate defies the odds to win, that one generation will have held onto power for 36 years, which is unheard of in American history. So much for all the talk about trying to make the world a better place for our children and our children's children. Thanks for listening.

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That said, just to give you an indication of how much the world has changed in three decades, a spry 70-year-old and the most jacked, masculine candidate since Teddy Roosevelt:

… is, as Hubbs discussed, reportedly ready to name one of the country's most admired and respected recreational drug users as his VP nominee:

And in the most predictable aspect of this story imaginable, potential future President of the United States of America Aaron Rodgers was on an ayahuasca bender in Costa Rica when he got word of his possible candidacy:

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Source - Tuesday, an account for Barstool podcaster PFT Commenter’s late dog Leroy tweeted that Aaron Rodgers was in consideration to be the vice president candidate on RFK Jr.’s campaign and that the Jets quarterback was weighing it. 

This tweet was soon followed by a New York Times story in which RFK Jr. confirmed on the record that Rodgers was in the mix for VP. 

On his eponymous show on Wednesday, McAfee relayed that Rodgers was in Costa Rica on a retreat to use the psychedelic drug ayahuasca when the news broke.  

“The world found out when that man [Rodgers] was in Costa Rica,” McAfee said.

McAfee pointed to a photo that new Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer posted of a group that included Rodgers on the retreat at Playa Esterillos Este in Costa Rica.

“They are ready to sit with the medicine,” McAfee said. 

The quarterback of the New York Jets. PFT. Leroy (RIP). The NY Times. Pat McAfee. Jordan Poyer. Instagram. Hallucinogenic drugs. And a third party candidate who's been impressively polling in the teens and low-20s for months who openly discusses his theory that the CIA assassinated his uncle while he was President in order to stop him from "breaking it into a thousand pieces and scattering it into the wind." All coming together in March of an election year that's expected to be an inflection point that will determine the fate of our nation.

If that short paragraph doesn't perfectly encapsulate this particular period in history, I can't imagine what could. Crazy moments call for crazy measures. As the old curse goes, "May you live in interesting times." And they don't get much more interesting than an NFL quarterback tripping balls in Central America when he finds out he might be on a Presidential ticket. 

And I for one would love to see it. Again putting ideology aside, the idea of the Jets QB saving the world is more than just entertaining as hell. It's the plot of Flash Gordon:

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It's life imitating art. And based on the direction we've been heading since RFK Jr.'s uncle was taken out in Dallas, Aaron Rodgers high as a lab rat on mind-altering drugs couldn't be any worse.