Editors Note: A timely combination of two postsfrom two different worlds.
A number of Pie supporters have been appealing to Cake supporters to switch their support to Pie to ensure that a "Tasty Edible" candidate gets elected instead of Flan. They implicitly suggest that Cake supporters will get everything they want if Pie ends up being elected instead of Cake. These Pie fans apparently do not realize that Pie and Cake are not black and white versions of the same thing. Pie feels all the right sentiments and speaks about them eloquently, but his culinary instincts are woefully inadequate for the task at hand. I like Pie and would probably vote for him in any other year based on his pure likability, alone. But I cannot support him as long as Cake is in the race. Cake represents real hope to me, because he sees clearly how we must approach our battles with Big Custard.
More below the delicious, sugary fold.
You can claim you like Pie best, but when it comes time to invite all your friends, relatives, and neighbors over to watch your daughter/son get married, what are you going to order to impress them with? A multi-layered Pie? Thus far, Pie has shown me that he plans to rely on nothing more than his eloquence to prevail against the rich, creamy firestorm that awaits us next year.
Twice, now, the media has mis-predicted and mis-characterized this contest. They are still firmly wedded to the paradigm that expects one candidate to turn a few early victories into a runaway victory march. They still do not recognize the possibility that both parties may go into their conventions without having the nomination all wrapped up in advance. Cake does not need to improve his numbers that much in order to achieve a rough 3-way split in the delegates. Sooner or later Americans will realize that great Cake is hard to find. Great Pie is much easier to find.
Partly it's the anger of Pie supporters that turns me off to Pie. Take this rant, for example:
Eating Cake is like eating a flavored sponge with a sickly too-sweet layer of slime on top of it. Cakes crumble and often disintegrate at the slightest provocation not having the fortitude to withstand handling. Anyway, what is better? Saying "My mom bakes the best darn apple pie in the world", or "My mom bakes the best darn apple cake in the world." There's really no question
This is a new low in confectionery debate, calling Cake supporters slimy and offending our Moms. First of all, it's COOKIES that crumble you moron! Secondly, CAKE IS SO MUCH BETTER THEN PIE!! Can you decorate a pie, no! Candles in a Cake mean it's somebody's birthday; Candles in a Pie? Somebody's drunk in the kitchen. CAKE WILL WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA!!!
Thank you Cake for staying in the race and giving us that hope.