My astute neighbor, (the boy next door), with whom I watched the latest debate, noted that the contenders had on the same outfit: blue suits, white shirts and even the same gold flecks on their red tie. (Kerry's was a little darker).
Scary.
Meanwhile the commentators praised the clear choices that the candidates offered the voter.
Say what?
Here's what we get. Two men studying the same studies of what will appeal to the voters.
Some butterflies camouflage themselves to look like toxic species because it's one way to prevent themselves from being eaten.
Other species camouflage themselves as compassionate to attract undecided females.
And then there's the macho butterflies, ("I will track them down and kill them") which battle on both fronts- to keep from being gobbled up by talk show hosts, as well as attract the Nascar undecideds.
We all have our wishes.
Here's a few of mine. What I wish Kerry would say...
(When being called the most liberal senator...)
"I'm proud to be a liberal. Americans are the most tolerant and generous and open hearted people in the world. We have worked together to create this incredible, multicultural, open minded society and I will do my best to insure the public that it stays that way. It's a tribute to the decent good heartedness of liberal Americans that you, Mr. Bush, have to pretend to be compassionate."
"I will defend the environment from the of unregulated greed of corporations. One in every six women of childbearing age has elevated levels of mercury in her system, creating the risk of severe neurological and developmental problems in her future children. The Bush administration has delayed court-ordered regulation of this poison in it's efforts (among others) to undermine our environmental and public health protections."
"I will withdraw our troops from Iraq and give the decision making power over the fate of Iraq back to the Iraqi people as quickly as possible while doing our best to ensue their safety."
"Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals. I will withdraw our military forces and support from Saudi Arabia and ask that other countries cease supporting this corrupt regime."
"What's this I hear? You're going to borrow money from the retirement plan for civil servants to keep the federal government afloat for the next few weeks so you don't have the embarrassment of asking Congress again to raise the debt ceiling right before the election? Maybe we could start up a new label, the 'spend, spend, spend without end' conservatives."
If wishes were butterflies, we'd all wear gold flecks on our ties.
And finally, the "Switch Horses or Drown Award" goes to Bush's hometown newspaper, The Lonestar Iconoclast, which has decided to endorse John Kerry for President.
Read all about it.