David Sedaris on 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 [feces] 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?

Comments

  1. kathyOctober 22, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Funny. You should put the link to the whole essay on here. Or not—maybe you have your reasons.

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  2. ChristopherOctober 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM

    The link was posted, but it must have been too small to see. I expanded it to make it more visible.

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  3. UndecidedmanOctober 23, 2008 at 2:43 AM

    I love David Sedaris, but in this case he is making the same error as others who take easy shots at we "undecideds," mistaking thinking about the election (which, by definition, undecideds are still doing) with not thinking about it (which decided voters need to do less of, having already made up their minds). Anyone interested in what a real, live undecided voter is thinking about can visit a blog I created (www.undecidedman.com) and see if there is still more to talk about than chicken vs. sh*t sandwiches.

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  4. ChristopherOctober 23, 2008 at 8:22 AM

    Undecidedman,

    Thanks. He did simplify, but it was hilarious.

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