Funny that I'd just write a post complaining about politics, with another light-hearted reference to Coco and the Sarah Palin/pit bull comparison.

To me, it was an attempt to be funny. But to others, this is a deadly serious matter, and the pit bull reference shows how truly awful Republicans are, to the core.

To accomplish this rhetorical task, it is necessary to reframe the analogy by means of very strained attacks on pit bulls (to better compare them to evil Republicans, of course).

This dishonest tirade vilifies Republicans by vilifying pit bulls with the following claims:

# A pit bull is a programmed fighter. Its handlers throw it into the ring, and it attacks.
# A pit bull fights indiscriminately. A pit bull mauls small children, innocent neighbors. It even bites the hand that feeds it.
# A pit bull is dangerous.
# A pit bull can't be trusted.
# A pit bull is mean.
# A pit bull is tenacious. It never lets go.

Xrlq has, point by point:

Just think about it. What images and feelings do the words "pit bull" conjure up? (... with apologies to all sweet-spirited canines)

Here you see Democrat thinking at its worst: forget verifiable facts: "images and feelings" are all that matters. If you have bad thoughts about Republicans and pit bulls, well, that must mean that they are bad, right?

* A pit bull is a programmed fighter. Its handlers throw it into the ring, and it attacks.

The other pit bull, sure. That's what Vice Presidential candidates are supposed to do in an election season. So far, Sarah the Pit Bull seems to have done a pretty good job of that, certainly better than the Yorkshire terrier they've got yipping for the other side.

* A pit bull fights indiscriminately. A pit bull mauls small children, innocent neighbors. It even bites the hand that feeds it.

Yes, just like the vicious pit bulls to whom she compares herself, Sarah Palin loves to maul small children.

Excellent post. Read it all.

Another reminder that much as I'd like to ignore politics, ignoring things in the hope that they will go away is a poor strategy.

But hey, it's not as if I really expected yipping yorkies to have the good sense to leave pit bulls alone....