Comments on: To Senator Clinton: Deal or No Deal? http://www.strangelegacy.com/2008/06/03/to-senator-clinton-deal-or-no-deal/ A blog of my thoughts regarding humanity and the nature of choice. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: BlueAsh http://www.strangelegacy.com/2008/06/03/to-senator-clinton-deal-or-no-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-124 BlueAsh Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:33:48 +0000 http://www.strangelegacy.com/?p=84#comment-124 I really like your analogy here. I got pulled into watching Deal or No Deal by my young kids. Initially, I wanted to ban this silly brainless game show, but my husband convinced me that there was value in watching this show. I think he was right. A lot can be learned about winning, losing, real chances, wishful thinking, and just stupidity and greed. Knowing when to quit is as important as fighting on. So I agree with you: In politics, as in life or on a TV show, stupidity and greed lead to poor decisions and defeat. The contestants on "Deal" tend to be predictable in their behavior AND in the outcome of their games. To think that we allowed Clinton, who really is no different than those poor souls who scream "NO Deal!", to advance so far in her political career is rather scary. If we, the voters, are the banker in "Deal," we'd long gone broke. I really like your analogy here. I got pulled into watching Deal or No Deal by my young kids. Initially, I wanted to ban this silly brainless game show, but my husband convinced me that there was value in watching this show. I think he was right. A lot can be learned about winning, losing, real chances, wishful thinking, and just stupidity and greed. Knowing when to quit is as important as fighting on.

So I agree with you: In politics, as in life or on a TV show, stupidity and greed lead to poor decisions and defeat.

The contestants on “Deal” tend to be predictable in their behavior AND in the outcome of their games. To think that we allowed Clinton, who really is no different than those poor souls who scream “NO Deal!”, to advance so far in her political career is rather scary. If we, the voters, are the banker in “Deal,” we’d long gone broke.

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