Election Posts Roundup – Metaphors & Misogyny

Site contributor Matt writes on the importance and frequent overuse of metaphors, especially in election season, and the Huffington Post catches McCain in an embarrassing misstep, in which he mentions that he almost asked his wife to sign up for a beauty pageant… without realizing that this town’s “beauty pageant” is essentially a wet t-shirt contest coupled with other hardcore… things.  Of course, we get a little worked up when Obama bumps his wife’s fist with his own, but when McCain puts his (wife’s) foot in his mouth…