Spencer Pratt

Less Than Zero.

I see Spencer Pratt, and a memory comes to mind when I read about his wife, Heidi Montag, in OK! Magazine about her controversial decision to have approximately ten plastic surgeries, all at the height of her reality stardom, all at the ripe age of 23. But this isn’t about Heidi, it’s about the man she married. The dude who thinks he can be Mayor of LA, no prob.

When I heard about Spencer Pratt running for LA Mayor, I knew I had to write about it.  I felt compelled. I felt incredulous. I felt sick.

Compelled to point out some factual background information about the man who wishes to run one of the country’s largest and most complicated (not to mention beloved) urban economies, yet has about a toenail clipping’s idea of what the job entails.

Incredulous because I actually see him contending with legitimate support. ‘Legitimate’ not meant to comment on the type of people who support him, just the numbers.

Sick because we’re all too familiar with this moment – a person who rose to fame because of reality television, starring as an incredibly dramatic bad boy with zero good moral standing, is reinventing his reputation through the sparkly filter-wash of social media and the “What I say is true about myself!” banner-logic, despite his background saying otherwise. We’re all too familiar with this because we are currently living in it with #47, the worst-rated President of all time, a corrupt, money-grubbing felon who has done nothing his entire life but show the world who he is. Yet… people still fell for who he said he was.

It’s not very different for ol’ Spencer, who, in very LA fashion, has a hummingbird symbol as his icon. Although insulting to the hummingbird, it is apropos when I see Pratt running on a political platform as solid and sustainable as sugar water.

Let’s look back at who Spencer has shown himself to be:

Spencer publicly praised Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist famously known for denying the Sandy Hook shooting, among other extremely controversial beliefs touted on his show INFOWARS (now, no longer his show, but was acquired by The Onion).  Appearing on the show more than once, Spencer views Alex as one of the great thinkers of our time. (From a progressive standpoint, I’d argue that Alex is one of the great anti-thinkers of our time.)

Spencer also denies the existence of climate change (sorry, hummingbirds). Californians, who are notoriously green-forward in their environmental thinking, beware the denier.  The Trump regime is on an environmental tear, ridding our country of sensible energy resources and going back in time to worship coal and toxic waste.

I’d be a little worried if I were you, Voter, about the way Spencer Pratt thinks, especially looking back to 2012, when he and his wife notably went on a ten-million-dollar spending spree in anticipation of what they believed would be the doomsday of the earth, the Mayan Apocalypse. If they could blow through that kind of money because of a superstitious belief, how do you feel about handing him billions of government budget for LA?

Sure, we hear folks pointing out that he graduated with a degree in Political Science, but that’s like me being a chorus member in a community theater production of Oklahoma! and suddenly wanting to star in Hamlet on Broadway.

But perhaps the most telling thing that Spencer Pratt has said recently, that we should all pay attention to, is this: “If Karen Bass gets reelected, or Nithya Raman gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in L.A.”. Oh you will, Spencer? You’ll be done with us? That doesn’t sound like a man who has invested in his community, his beloved Los Angeles, with a heart for the people and the betterment of their lives. He wants to peace out when things don’t go his way, leaving us all in the dust. The mayorship is just a means to an end in Spencer Pratt’s little reality.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly to keep in mind, Spencer Pratt has not earned one iota of his political standing in the way career politicians and community builders do. He hasn’t served in any political office or governmental role, he hasn’t run before, and he has absolutely zero understanding of the experience and mindset it takes to run the massive economy that is LA. How could we possibly expect him to? It’s a complex, thoughtful, intellectual job that requires (dare I say it again?!) EXPERIENCE doing something just like it!

I see Los Angeles as a beautiful, historic home. Every mayor who comes in has options to change the home for the better – renovation, restoration, upgrades, cleaning, repurposing spaces, etc. Voting for Spencer Pratt as LA Mayor would be like voting to put laminate flooring in one of the guest bedrooms, if not to take a sledgehammer to the rest of the house.

Pratt hasn’t earned this position, or even the right to contend, but that’s reality television for you – you can be a nobody who becomes an overnight star, all with a little luck and some catchy sound bites.

And don’t forget, outside of his wacko personal beliefs and bad money management, anyone who builds their legacy on reality television stardom can probably be bought. Trump has ‘signaled’ to endorse Pratt, knowing this very, very well. Trump has been buying his loyalty and freedom from conviction all his life.

How much do you think Trump can get Spencer for? I’m guessing somewhere in the ballpark of whatever ten million dollars from 2012 is worth today?

What scares me most is that when people are desperate for a change, they make rash decisions – ANY other decision – than the one sitting in office right now. They shave their heads, dye their hair, get a tattoo, try a drug, all fueled by the need to do something different, anything different. But Pratt? He’s not the answer. He’ll be the choice you really, really regret.

But forget about my opinion. What do your crystals say?

FYI, this blorg was written by an actual human creature. Not AI, no AI, never AI.
We like to use good, old-fashioned brains.