tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735001702817172149.post5414981419787726867..comments2024-03-08T03:29:53.964-05:00Comments on Francesco Explains It All: The Most Important Election of Our Lives!Francesco Marciulianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18027586573797441415noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735001702817172149.post-5794862672784964642008-11-05T16:47:00.000-05:002008-11-05T16:47:00.000-05:00I remember a similar campaign happening in the lat...I remember a similar campaign happening in the late 80s or early 90s. I think the premise then was that the Trix rabbit won a race where the prize was a bowl of Trix. Once the judges realized he was the rabbit, they were split on whether he should get the cereal or not, so they held a referendum of the country's Trix-eating children. The rabbit won that time as well. Unfortunately, my parents wouldn't buy me sugar cereals, so I was disenfranchised.aaronthemadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555281380363751333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735001702817172149.post-8761663503714972532008-11-04T20:15:00.000-05:002008-11-04T20:15:00.000-05:00This was the first time I voted, and I voted for h...This was the first time I voted, and I voted for him to get Trix. I felt I had done my civic duty.<BR/><BR/>I found the commercial for it on YouTube.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlToUeEYn24Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677437103597081445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735001702817172149.post-83337343458608726042008-11-04T17:52:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:52:00.000-05:00I am not being even a little sarcastic when I say ...I am not being even a little sarcastic when I say that my heart <I>bled</I> for that rabbit when I was a kid. I pestered my mother to allow me to eat an essentially all-Trix diet for weeks so that I could vote repeatedly to get him the Trix he so badly wanted. I seem to recall that my side won, which meant that he was allowed to eat a single, delicious spoonful of Trix before the cruel, racist "Trix is for kids" rule went back into effect.<BR/><BR/>If you think about it for a bit -- but not for too long -- this is actually a pretty good metaphor for democracy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010524908287270234noreply@blogger.com