State of Mind

In the parking lot of Gelson's market is a great ostentatious cow of a Lexus SUV with a bumber sticker that says "Vote NObama! McCain-Palin '08," and I truly wonder what a seemingly educated West Coast voter sees in that ticket. Anyone who reads a paper must realize by now that, in his 26 years in government, McCain has been anything but an effective custodian of even rich people's money. He could hardly be considered a visionary: witness his VP choice. He's clearly no Rennaissance man.

So what does the Lexus driver see in him? I conclude this: the Lexus driver is afraid... And probably not of a black president. I think that, for some people, a narrow range of expectations is something like a comfort. It is somehow safer for Lexus driver to stick with, if not failure, then a limited spectrum of possible success. This is McCain. Great change- represented by Obama-, even if it's positive, is nevertheless a negation of that which you've always known, and it's painful to accept for some people. A house built on a bad foundation is still a roof and four walls.


I think Lexus driver needs Obama more than most.
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