Sometimes not knowing is important … at least to your electability.
“But I don’t know how to play the accordion,” the blathering idiot said once he understood that he would be posing in ads with one.
“That’s okay,” the consultant said. “That will put you in touch with most of our potential voters. They don’t know, either. It will give you the common touch.”
“But I took this position as candidate for the highest office in the land so I wouldn’t be just another common man.”
The consultant looked at the blathering idiot for a moment and then shrugged.
“People want to feel they could sit down and have a beer with you.”
“But I don’t like beer,” the blathering idiot said. “I do like broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels Sprouts.”
The consultant’s nose scrunched up. “Well, we don’t have to let the voters know that.”
“You mean voters don’t like people who eat their vegetables?”
The consultant opened his mouth to say something, paused, and then closed his florid lips.
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