Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Walking the Planks
I was driving into work this morning when I decided why I don't like Obama. Say you wanted to redo your floors (oh no, another analogy). Say that you were looking to get cherry hardwood floors, but when the flooring installer came, he only had oak. Well, you don't want oak, so you reject him. Another guy comes along and says that he has exactly what you're looking for - cherry. He shows you a plank that he's ready to install. You agree and he gets to work.
The trouble is that while this new installer is going to install a plank of cherry, he's also going to be installing a plank of pine, a plank of bamboo, a plank of laminate, some plastic, a few feet of steel and maybe a section lawn on your floors. Well, you're content not looking at the other parts of the floor and only looking at the part that you wanted and he promised. The trouble is that this floor, while ugly, won't stand because there's simply no way for all these pieces to join uniformly.
"I'll stand for anything to get elected"
No sir, Mr. Obama. There are just too many planks in your platform. On the other hand, while I don't agree with much of McCain's platform (i.e. I didn't order oak) - well, maybe that's why I've been living on plywood subflooring for so long.
Mr. Obama is either the most brilliant man to have ever existed or just telling people whatever they want to hear in order to get their vote. After all, by now we should all understand that the best candidate doesn't necessarily win the election. The winner is simply the person [or PAC] which can get the most votes.
The trouble is that while this new installer is going to install a plank of cherry, he's also going to be installing a plank of pine, a plank of bamboo, a plank of laminate, some plastic, a few feet of steel and maybe a section lawn on your floors. Well, you're content not looking at the other parts of the floor and only looking at the part that you wanted and he promised. The trouble is that this floor, while ugly, won't stand because there's simply no way for all these pieces to join uniformly.
"I'll stand for anything to get elected"
No sir, Mr. Obama. There are just too many planks in your platform. On the other hand, while I don't agree with much of McCain's platform (i.e. I didn't order oak) - well, maybe that's why I've been living on plywood subflooring for so long.
Mr. Obama is either the most brilliant man to have ever existed or just telling people whatever they want to hear in order to get their vote. After all, by now we should all understand that the best candidate doesn't necessarily win the election. The winner is simply the person [or PAC] which can get the most votes.
