[miss marmelstein]

Wasn’t that a fictional character? Or am I wrong?

[alloysteel]

Bluto WAS a fictional character. But for fiction to have any traction at all, it should have some basis in reality.

Sure, his character was a caricature of some real-life personalities (read John McCain), but the caricature was not much more overdrawn than what passes for political discourse in discussing public figures.