Q&A: What is the best metaphor for politics you can think of?

Question by Yoda Cookie Monster: What is the best metaphor for politics you can think of?
Metaphor, analogy, allegory, they’re very similar. What is the best metaphor for american politics that you can think of? 10 points for most clever.

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A large rectum that pulls in instead of out.

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9 Responses to “Q&A: What is the best metaphor for politics you can think of?”

  1. Socky says:

    A large troop of howler monkeys throwing poo at each other.

    I think that is probably the best metaphor for Congress.

  2. Righteous Ingrate says:

    Politics are like Root canals. It’s a painful process of tearing out what’s inside and replacing it with fake material, all to desensitize the nerves.

  3. W.C. Felcher says:

    Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. — Don Luchesi, Godfather III

  4. feelings says:

    philosophy

  5. Herbert E says:

    Joe the Plumber.

  6. pdooma says:

    A car.

    The liberals are the gas pedal. Without the gas pedal, we’d never go anywhere.
    The conservatives are the brake pedal. Without the brake pedal we’d go forward recklessly off a cliff.

    Both are necessary, even each side doesn’t think they need to use the other.

  7. g says:

    a pig orgy?

    a bunch of power hungry folks screwing each other over in the mud…

    it’s very messy and you don’t want to be a part of it… but occasionally, something good comes out of it…

    bacon… pork chops…

  8. stoned pumpkin says:

    Disneyland

  9. Ancient Thinker says:

    Catch-22

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