The Pie We Need (McCain's Closing Argument)

10/30/2008 | freedomfighter1013

[FreedomFighter1013]

Several months ago, my opponent was talking about pie. Apparently he likes pie very much because in one speech he mentioned it something like 25 times in the space of a minute and a half. It's taken me some time, but I think he really hit on the perfect metaphor for the difference in our two approaches towards the economy...

[FreedomFighter1013]

Several months ago, my opponent was talking about pie. Apparently he likes pie very much because in one speech he mentioned it something like 25 times in the space of a minute and a half. It's taken me some time, but I think he really hit on the perfect metaphor for the difference in our two approaches towards the economy. Senator Obama and the Democrats believe there is only one pie and that the pie is fixed and the only way to give someone some pie is to take it away from someone else.

I think that's a waste of time. When you do that, you start arguing about who's got a bigger slice. You raise it up in the air and look at it from different angles. You waste so much time and effort on weighing and measuring, the pie gets stale while some accountant figures out how much pie each of us should have.

I like pie too, but my approach is different. I think we should bake more pies.

But in order to bake more pies, you have to have an environment conducive to the baking of pies. You can't have bean counters and bureaucrats in the middle of the kitchen measuring slices and arguing over crumbs, they have to get out of the way so mom can bake more pies.

You've got to have a tax system that enables farmers to grow more apples and mill more flour. You have to be able to hire workers to harvest the apples, or send you boys out to pick some themselves. And someone's got to have gas in the car to bring the apples home.

And mom needs help to roll out the dough and cook the apples and fill the shells. And, you need cheap electricity from a nuclear plant or natural gas from the north slope of Alaska to heat the oven. And, when mom makes too many pies for the house, you need to bring them to your neighbors or put up some signs telling everyone that you have extra pies, so you need electricity to design and print your flyers and people need sneakers to run to your house to buy your excess pies. And, you know what, the more pies she makes, the cheaper each pie becomes, so more people can afford her pies. It's just a fact.

My point is, the idea that the pie is fixed is a fallacy. But that fallacy lies at the heart of my opponent's world view.

Let's not argue over who gets what crumb, let's bake more pies so everyone can have some. That's my approach, that's why you should vote for me, because I believe we should bake more pies.

That's why I want your vote, so we can all have more pie.

[snowrip]

Mmmmmm... pie.

[Unkosified]

I love that. And that about sums up the difference between the two of them.

McCain/Palin/Piemakers ‘08

[ladyvet]

[GulfBreeze]

I wish he would really say this. GREAT JOB!!!

[Eagle Eye]

You've got to have a tax system that enables farmers to grow more apples

But I want Key Lime pie!

[Eagle Eye]

I’ll never look at apple pie the same way.

Thanks for the reminder.

[ladyvet]

Love your homepage.

[i_dont_chat]

Great article.

There is a commandment against coveting things which belong to our neighbors. Instead of wanting what our neighbors have, we should do what we can to get our own stuff.

That’s how the government can assist — by keeping our American freedoms and liberties intact, so that we have the OPPORTUNITY to make more pies.

[Anima Mundi]

On a sort of similar note, this little story helps people understand why big government doesn’t work:

25,000 FOR STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE!

Ever wonder why large projects usually run into unforeseen problems, delays and headaches? Here’s one explanation. Let’s suppose that you have a recipe for strawberry shortcake that serves four people. One day you invite over seven friends to eat this dessert. To make it, you simply double the recipe’s proportions. On another occasion, you invite over one friend for this dessert. To make it, all you have to do is halve the proportions in the recipe. Now, let’s suppose that you invite 25,000 of your closest friends over for strawberry shortcake. Now, the most difficult parts of the problem are no longer given in the recipe. These things include doing futures buying of strawberries on the commodities market; making deals with the Teamsters to deliver enough cream; large scale renting of bowls, spoons, tables, and chairs; and traffic flow coordination. The same thing happens in large projects; things come up that weren’t even thought about in the original plans.
Jack Grimes, Philosopher

[FreedomFighter1013]

Thanks you. It's great to have freepers out there who think like I do. I sent it to Matthew Scully too (the guy who wrote the Senator's great Al Smith Dinner remarks). Maybe he'll get it to someone.

[Salamander]

I asked a lady at the McCain HQ why there were all kinds of other “[Fill in the blank] For McCain” stickers but no “Bikers For McCain” ones.

She said she didn’t know.

Almost every biker I know votes conservative.

They should’ve offered us stickers.

[RayBob]

“Almost every biker I know votes conservative. They should’ve offered us stickers.”

Ummm... where are you going to put a bumper sticker on a motorcycle?

[Eagle Eye]

Thanks!

[Eagle Eye]

Well most bikers are shy about expressing opinions and prefer to stay on the sidelines in life away from the action.

NOT! LOL.

[Salamander]

Anybody with a tourpack or saddle bags could put it on them.
You could stick it on your jacket, if you have nowhere else.

I have a trike but the sticker was for my Yukon, actually.

Check out my page.
I have lots of room for all kinds of stuff.

[Salamander]

Ah...how true.

We’re such a demure, politically correct bunch.

;]

[keepitreal]

Good article.

Barack Obama, however, has made me hate pie. And, you know, if he gets into office and gives everyone free pie, they’ll only start clamoring for free brownies too, because pie won’t be enough anymore.

[keepitreal]

Good article.

Barack Obama, however, has made me hate pie. And, you know, if he gets into office and gives everyone free pie, they’ll only start clamoring for free brownies too, because pie won’t be enough anymore.

[MrB]

And the chants of the audiences sums up the difference in the supporters’ ideologies:

“USA! USA! USA!”
vs
“WE WANT PIE! WE WANT PIE! WE WANT PIE!”