2016 Postmortem

Chichiri

(4,667 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:00 PM Oct 2016

The perfect metaphor for this election

Two new cell phones recently hit the market: the iPhone 7 and the Galaxy Note 7.

One of these phones lacks a headphone jack, requiring you to invest in Bluetooth if you want to listen to audio.

The other literally explodes.

Your call, America.

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The perfect metaphor for this election (Original Post) Chichiri Oct 2016 OP

neither one is made in America either are they? rurallib Oct 2016 #1

ok it's a perfect metaphor in every respect except one. unblock Oct 2016 #2

I thought that actually added to the metaphor. rurallib Oct 2016 #3

how so? unblock Oct 2016 #4

just that so many of the products sold here are made overseas rurallib Oct 2016 #5

ok... but not hillary... though one could say trump in some ways is a product of russia ;) unblock Oct 2016 #6

I was thinking in a different vein rurallib Oct 2016 #7

rurallib

(62,411 posts)

1. neither one is made in America either are they?

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Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:03 PM

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unblock

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2. ok it's a perfect metaphor in every respect except one.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:23 PM

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rurallib

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3. I thought that actually added to the metaphor.

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Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:24 PM

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4. how so?

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Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:28 PM

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rurallib

(62,411 posts)

5. just that so many of the products sold here are made overseas

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Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:37 PM

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6. ok... but not hillary... though one could say trump in some ways is a product of russia ;)

Reply to rurallib (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:39 PM

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rurallib

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7. I was thinking in a different vein

Reply to unblock (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:43 PM

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Products sold in the US that are imploding or just not quite right anymore. Just like the Repub party that is nothing like it once was and imploding on some fronts and not quite right on others.

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