Throwing away both parties and starting anew may be the answer, what with the dismal offerings we’ve seen in past elections – whose debate may only be who slept, or didn’t sleep, with whom.
The Fishing for Words blog has a short piece to assist you in the forthcoming election, and we may be able to ignore the traditional schlock in favor of who fishes for what and how.
McCain may be a brownliner and Obama an independent with blueline aspirations, based on the featured quotes. Age aside, what may bring Sarah Palin into the picture is how toxic the effluent McCain is wading through.
A hardened Brownliner may be what we need – I’ll withhold my vote until I see what his gear looks like – and what patterns he fishes, as I’ve been sucked in more than a few times by publicity stills.
The last legitimate brownline candidate was Jimmy Carter, wading through his pond with a landing net, the direct method, eschewing all that expensive tackle – and it’s likely the Secret Service had to keep an eye on Bother Billy – who was known to light a stick of “really direct method.”
Our symbol would have to be the goat, only because they float so nicely, like one of those bloated beach seals – only hairier.
hardened brownliner…love canal…goat…not sure I like where this is headed, but I’m into trying new things.
As every candidate is embracing “change” – attempting to show the electorate how they’re so much different than what we’ve eaten the last eight years, I thought a reminder of what drastic change is might have legs.
Guess not.
Choosing our leaders according to their abilities as fly fishermen is probably as good as any of the failed methods tried in the past two centuries. Here, the Repubs continue to hold the edge, as their most celebrated fly fishermen seem to have been H. Hoover, Cal Coolidge, Ike, and Teddy R. If Jimmy Carter heads the Dem roster, this is no contest. Not sure I like where this is headed either, but with the elephant and the donkey in contention, I like THE GOAT as a symbol for the American voter. This idea has legs !
What’s all this talk of politics? Why aren’t you posting/commenting on “Dancing with the Stars” like the rest of the nation?
Yomama – admittedly the Democrats aren’t fielding many sportsmen of late, so the Republicans would have this sowed up without the intervention of the Brownline Party..
SMJ – “Dancing with the Stars” is the exclusive property of Ziff Davis and the trout blogs. We’re left with the weighty, boring, topics.
Ok…And the goat has an appetite for money that the other mascots cant match. Uh, where’s the change again? I only see the direct method.