American politics fascinate me. Our past and present political antics at times remind me of playgrounds at American elementary schools, where children tell on each other, point fingers at each other, throw things at each other, yell at each other, and pretend to like one another. Tattling on one another is de rigueur in the lives of the youngsters and so it is in the hallowed halls of the American political scene.
Media print pages, airwaves and 4G networks are ablaze with the current political scenario of an incumbent Democratic President and a rapidly shrinking field of Republican nominee wannabees. Do not ascribe any party to my thoughts because I do not think this scenario would be any different if the sitting President was a Republican and the Democrats were the challengers.
The recent spate of Republican candidates, before shrinkage, gave me pause to draw a non-traditional parallel to a well-known Disney classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Walt Disney's 1937 first, full-length feature production based on the Brothers' Grimm German fairy tale "Snow White". At one time, the most viable host of Republican contenders was one woman and seven men. You can draw your own conclusions as to which dwarf's name should be assigned to each of the seven men. I made my list, had a good time doing it and you can, too. In fact, now that there are only four dwarfs left, I have been inspired to draw another parallel - this time to a children's song.
There were ten in the bed, and the little one said, "roll over roll over" and they all rolled over and one fell out.........There were nine in the bed, and the little one said..........and so goes the song until there is only one in the bed.......which is the way it will be come summer and the conclusion of the Republican National Convention. Only one dwarf left in the bed.
Which one will it be? Doc, Sneezy, Sleepy or Happy?
Ancora imparo
