The Art of Politics

Take This Job And Shove It

You ain't working here no more...

A man who heckled President Bush at a rally has found himself among the nations newest job seekers.

Most of us have been given tickets to events from time to time, be it a baseball game or another sporting event, a concert, or another special gathering. And most of us manage to behave with a modicum of decorum (double Latin word usage bonus), not only because we have standards of dignified comportment, but because we know that how we behave reflects on those who gave us the opportunity to attend.

But not this man, who shows up, and decides he wants to heckle Bush. Now mind you, political protest is a seriously important right, and one we would not deny to anyone. Few things can compare with the sheer political joy of showing up at a Kerry rally and clapping together a pair of flip-flops, or carrying signs with the Vice-President's sobriquet at a Cheney speech. But when you ride someone else's line, you have to pay the rail tax - and he was shocked, shocked I dare say, when the client who provided the tickets got upset that he decided to heckle the President, and furthermore, that his employer valued the client's right to spend money with them more than his right to act like a ne'er-do-well with someone else's bus pass.

This is purely a function of common sense. Yet he'd do the same thing again. Why? Because it's all about him... Marcia Marcia Marcia!

With judgement and insight like that, this person is sure to quickly find a top flight position in either the food service or housekeeping industries (hat tip to Dr. Peter Venkman)...

Posted by MEC2 at August 21, 2004 09:44 PM