October 30, 2008

Post #400: David Sedaris, On Voting

In The New Yorker, David Sedaris talks about undecided voters and his first voting experience, at age eleven.



My favorite quote, in regards to this year's undecided voters:
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?
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