The Taste of Democracy
On the way back from errands today I saw a small local bakery had a cookie poll going on. I'd always wanted to visit this bakery but usually passed it when it was closed.
Today, after all the negative politics, I was going to do something fun involving the election (other than laughing my ass off at the SNL special Thursday).
I went in and found not only is it a bakery , but also a sort of flea market, carrying second hand jewelry, Christmas ornaments, gag-inducing Precious Moments figurines...
In the display case next to an array of sweets they had two choices for each party. For McCain they had sugar cookies with white glaze and "McCain" in red lettering. The other option was a sugar cookie elephant with red glaze.
For Obama it was red lettering or donkey head with red glaze.
I looked at the "score" and it was 70 McCain/71 Obama. Even in the bakery we are a battle ground state. As recently as last year that would have been a landslide toward McCain.
So I bought my Obama cookie and a container of milk for $2.43. I then thought that as sad as it seems, this vote probably had more positive effect on the economy than the vote in November.
Democracy is tasty, particularly with cold milk.
Today, after all the negative politics, I was going to do something fun involving the election (other than laughing my ass off at the SNL special Thursday).
I went in and found not only is it a bakery , but also a sort of flea market, carrying second hand jewelry, Christmas ornaments, gag-inducing Precious Moments figurines...
In the display case next to an array of sweets they had two choices for each party. For McCain they had sugar cookies with white glaze and "McCain" in red lettering. The other option was a sugar cookie elephant with red glaze.
For Obama it was red lettering or donkey head with red glaze.
I looked at the "score" and it was 70 McCain/71 Obama. Even in the bakery we are a battle ground state. As recently as last year that would have been a landslide toward McCain.
So I bought my Obama cookie and a container of milk for $2.43. I then thought that as sad as it seems, this vote probably had more positive effect on the economy than the vote in November.
Democracy is tasty, particularly with cold milk.