“Shoeless Joe” Hardy or the Whine of the Ancient Mariner?
October 5th, 2008 by Larry Bellinger Posted in Current Events, News, PoliticsOh, I was gonna write something pithy this evening about how John McCain has changed so dramatically since the 2000 campaign, but Barry Dunsmore beat me to it by a couple of weeks. Dunsmore, a retired ABC News reporter, is a columnist for the Rutland (VT) Herald, wrote:
“Question: What do Dr. Faust, Joe Hardy and John McCain have in common?
Answer: The first two are fictional characters — the third is a candidate for president.
Question: Yes, but what do they have in common? You be the judge.”
They all sold their souls to the Devil.
I was gonna go with the Joe Hardy from “Damn Yankees” theme. Old guy loves the Washington Senators but they suck. He wants them to win so badly he sells his soul to the devil and becomes “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO” a star baseball player who helps the Senators challenge for and win the pennant.
In the end, Joe beats the devil, thanks to the powerful love of his wife.
But Dunsmore got to the Faustus analogy first. So, I’ll go with something completely different; “The Whine of the Ancient Mariner.”
Voters, voters, everywhere,
And yet the polls did shrink;
Voters, voters, everywhere,
Too bad they’re apt to think.
