I have two rules that I live by--never discuss politics or religion--two very good ways to start arguments and lose friends.
But rules are mean to be broken--or perhaps bent out of shape.
Iowa is currently infested with politicians getting hot & bothered by the impending caucus race in January but I thought of a better caucus race:
Assemble said politicians in one of Iowa's empty cornfields where they stand around looking lost and confused. Off in the distance is a stray cropdusting biplane. Hmmm, wrong time of year for that. The biplane circles and turns towards the politicians---closer, and closer and lower and lower. The politicians realise that they'd better run for it when suddenly the biplane begins to strafe them---those who make it to the other end of the cornfield alive win the caucus race for their party. We could have a Cary Grant lookalike to be the rabbit to set the pace for them and some sort of sound system to play the Bernard Herrmann soundtrack as the politicians leg it across the field. Welcome to the "North By Northwest Caucus Race".
"Meek"(paging George Kaplan)
Meek,
I heartily agree with your plan--but I'm worried about the corn field. They'll never get corn to grow there again--it'll be way too dry! As you know, there's nothing so dry as a caucus race... (thank you, Mr. Dodgson!)
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...unless it's a long tale....
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Elder Robert: I also think that the candidates should be attacked by a large flock of birds-- nice shiny black crows to be precise. Two semi-friendly crows named "Verbal" and "Edgar" would gladly join in "politician tag".
Of course all of the Alice stories had a strong political undertow; read "The Annotated Alice" for the policital low-down.
"Meek"(your hair wants cutting)
"The Annotated Alice" states that the word "caucus" originated in the US but if you go on to read the explanation of the "caucus race" in thye story you'll see that some things never change----what is especially ironic is the following "Why, said the Dodo, "the best way to explain it is to do it."(And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.)
Dodos and politics still go together.
"Meek"(Everybody has won, and all must have prizes!)