Politicians and voter mentality

This explains politicians and voter mentality.

(Here's one of the best analogies I have heard!) Who worries about "the cow" when it's all about the "ice cream?"

From a teacher in the Nashville area:

The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president.

We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.

To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.

We got many nominations and from those, Robert and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Robert might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support, whereas I couldn't recall ever having seen Olivia's mother.

The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Robert went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded.

He sat down and Olivia came to the podium. Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream!" Surely she could say more... but she didn't have to.

A discussion followed.

How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.

Would her parents buy it, or would the class pay for it? She didn't know.

The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.

Robert was forgotten and Olivia won by a landslide.

And just like this classroom exercise, in real life, every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream, and fifty-two percent of the voters reacted like nine year olds... they wanted ice cream.

The other forty-eight percent of us know we're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess.