We Should Have Bought A Squirrel

The recent presidential election reminds me of a movie that came out many years ago called Rat Race.  There is one scene on the movie where two travelers stop at a roadside stand in the middle of nowhere to ask for directions back to the highway.  At the stand they find a woman, played by Kathy Bates, selling squirrels.  Yes, there are many cages of live squirrels for sale.

After trying several times to sell them a squirrel without any success, she gives them detailed directions to get back to the highway.  They thanked her and drove on, happy to be on their way.  They drove on for awhile, following the squirrel lady's detailed directions.  As they negotiated what would be their last turn, they plummeted off a steep embankment.  On the way down, they went past 6 signs, each containing only one word:

You
Should
Have
Bought
A
Squirrel

What does this movie clip have to do with our recent presidential election?  All of the presidential candidates were our squirrels except for the one we actually chose.  He is more like a rabid hyena.  I don't know about you, but if I had to own one of these animals I would choose the squirrel over a hyena any day of the week.  Squirrels will not attack you in your sleep or while you're watching TV.  They will not randomly kill and devour your friends who happen to stop by your house.  And squirrels don't spend all their time making threatening noises directed toward anyone they see.  I'm not absolutely sure, but I don't think they will eat their young just because it seems like a good idea at the moment.  

If I somehow wound up with  a rabid hyena running around my living room, I'd probably start trying to figure out how to get rid of it.  I'll leave it up to you to decide if you want to rethink that squirrel purchase.

In case you want to take a look at the scene from Rat Race, here's the link to it on YouTube.