It seems to me that when the Republican party adopted the elephant -- and not the bald eagle -- as its symbol, they were prescient. After all the elephants in the wild are destroying their environment at a rate that is only second to what we do to our own environment. When in captivity and performing in circuses an elephant is trained to hold on to the tail of the elephant that precedes it, thus limiting severely its vision and awareness of what is happening in the world.
The eagle, on the other hand, soars in the sky on two powerful wings. But the left wing of the Republican party does not exist anymore. And a bird with only one wing may hop and jump but will find it impossible to elevate itself off the ground.
3/8/12 (Sun-Sentinel)
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