David Sedaris on Undecided Voters

I look at these people [undecided voters interviewed on TV] and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

[David Sedaris, "Undecided", The New Yorker, 27 October 2008 issue.]

(Thanks to Joe.My.God)

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 17.33 by jns · Permalink
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