V For Very Republican

ABC has recently introduced America to V, a reimagining of an 80's British miniseries, in which an alien race called "The Visitors" descend on Earth and attempt to establish relations with Earth in order to make a mutually beneficial relationship.  The Visitors have much to offer in the way of technological and medical advances that we have not yet come up with.  But they want something in return, and they're dodgy and coy when it comes to finding out what it is.

**Potential Spoilers ahead**

As of now, I've only seen the pilot episode, but I like the cast, which includes Elizabeth Mitchell(Juliet from Lost), Morena Baccarin(Inara from Firefly), and Scott Wolf(from Party of Five fame).  In the pilot, they arrive and begin the establishment of diplomatic relations, while we also see an underground group that is trying hard as they can to fight against the Visitors' occupation of Earth airspace.  They maintain that there have been Visitors in sleeper cells on Earth for years, gathering information, and getting themselves entrenched in human life.  The Visitors obviously have some more dastardly agenda than they would let on.  We also see an attack on the underground resistance, in which we find out that the Visitors, while seemingly humanoid, actually are reptilian creatures under their human facade.  I'm looking forward to where this goes, and am intrigued in tracking down the original British miniseries to see how it compares.

I've been mulling over the idea of aliens covertly living among us since the days of Men In Black, but V simply reinforces the idea of aliens hiding in plain sight...does this offer some insight into Fox News?  The likes of Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity?  Even the corpulent fatty, Rush Limbaugh?  It would be brilliant...they take the focus off themselves by railing against illegal immigration...it's GENIUS! 

Now...which one to hack up with a machete to prove it...hmmm...eenie meenie mineee......