The US Presidential Election and the prized baby
Every four years, two performers labelled Democrat and Republican are asked to put on a show. They assemble on the field as the audience fills the stands. Their cheerleaders are ABC, NBC, CBS, New York Times, Washington Post, LAT, CNN, and BBC, which support the Democrats, while FOX News, Newsmax, NRO, WSJ, and Washington Times prop up the Republicans. As their job description implies, the cheerleaders strut their wares with the most provocative moves to influence the audience, if not entertain. The enthusiasm of the cheerers is controlled by a referee flanked by linesmen bobbing numbered placards assigned to the respective performers. The staid umpires are pollsters such as Pew, Gallup, and Rasmussen. Their numbers trigger the estrogen-charged girls into a can-can frenzy to the delight of the dazed audience that, in turn, ‘elects’ the performer assigned with the more significant digits. Underneath the performer-cheerleader-umpire construct, the audience will notice a blurr