What is the best metaphor for politics you can think of?

Yoda Cookie Monster: What is the best metaphor for politics you can think of?
Metaphor, analogy, allegory, they’re very similar. What is the best metaphor for american politics that you can think of? 10 points for most clever.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Answer the Question!
A large rectum that pulls in instead of out.

Answer by Socky
A large troop of howler monkeys throwing poo at each other.

I think that is probably the best metaphor for Congress.

Answer by Righteous Ingrate
Politics are like Root canals. It’s a painful process of tearing out what’s inside and replacing it with fake material, all to desensitize the nerves.

Answer by W.C. Felcher
Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. — Don Luchesi, Godfather III

Answer by feelings
philosophy

Answer by Herbert E
Joe the Plumber.

Answer by pdooma
A car.

The liberals are the gas pedal. Without the gas pedal, we’d never go anywhere.
The conservatives are the brake pedal. Without the brake pedal we’d go forward recklessly off a cliff.

Both are necessary, even each side doesn’t think they need to use the other.

Answer by g
a pig orgy?

a bunch of power hungry folks screwing each other over in the mud…

it’s very messy and you don’t want to be a part of it… but occasionally, something good comes out of it…

bacon… pork chops…

Answer by stoned pumpkin
Disneyland

Answer by Ancient Thinker
Catch-22