Monday, November 12, 2007

Hillary as Martina

Back to politics today for Bodhi. More specifically, Hillary Clinton. Her experience reminds Bodhi of a story Lady told him. When Lady's older sister was a teenager, she played tennis competitively. There was another player, named Madeline, who won lots of matches. But everyone knew she cheated. She's call good plays out, and good serves as long. Because there was no line judge, and no one wanted to call a 13-year-old a liar, Madeline kept winning matches. But then a very competitive player came along, who had no intention of losing to an unfair fight. She called Madeline what she was, a cheater, and even got an adult in the tennis league to watch one of her matches so it was documented Madeline cheated. After that, the parents banded together and made sure there was a line judge at all Madeline's matches. Suddenly, ol' Mad was no longer winning.
Bodhi knows this isn't the best analogy, but he's just a simple dog with simple thought processes.
Hillary is the competitive player who isn't about to let cheaters win, because she has played tennis against these same cheaters for fifteen years, and knows all their lies ahead of time. The other Democrats are kind of like the players who watch their competitor cheat, hoping to take the high road, when all that leads to is a lost match. They might even apologize for calling Madeline a liar. Jeez!
It's time to call in a player who knows how to win, not just lose gracefully.