re: cake or death

October 22nd, 2008 • 2 comments culture, politics

David Sedaris (author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames) on the phenomena of the “undecided voter“:

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?

There’s certainly more than a small hint of cake or death about the entire situation.